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The fight to save America’s most endangered mammal Ula Chrobak © Provided by Popular Science Three black-footed ferrets in the wild. Dedicated captive breeding and reintroduction efforts have brought black-footed ferrets, America’s most endangered mammal, back from the brink. A recent successful cloning of a ferret named Elizabeth Ann even offers the hope of restoring genetic diversity to these mammals. But despite it all, these animals agile, elongated mustelids with black masks may still die out. Because in order to save a species, you can’t just save individuals you have to save its habitat. Without sufficient protected habitat, the black-footed ferret is destined to spend the rest of its existence in zoos and captive breeding centers unless it can return to its native grasslands, which have been widely plowed, paved, or subjected to poison to control creatures deemed pests. That’s why many scientists and conservation advocates believe the battle

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