CORRECTION: The original article incorrectly stated that the black- footedferret was once the most abundant mammal in North America.
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A company called Revive and Restore is investigating the possibility of genetically altering black- footedferrets to be plague resistant.
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"Because of your work on black- footedferrets and so on," Ivy said.
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Photograph: Courtesy of NPS Until black- footedferrets nearly went extinct, researchers primarily studied plague ecology with humans in mind.
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Fish and Wildlife Service National Black- footedFerret Conservation Center in Wellington, Colorado April 11, 2007.
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It highlights several species that have been saved from extinction since 2011, including the Javan rhinoceros and the black- footedferret.
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During this time the lessons of the black- footedferret were put to use as various techniques were employed to increase heterozygosity.
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Read more Luckily, by 2008, the black- footedferret programme had some tools at its disposal for dealing with a plague outbreak.
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Five percent of species were recovering because of conservation efforts, including the European bison and the black- footedferret, found in North America.