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07-13-2016, 08:52 PM
The U.S. government wants to use candy-dropping drones to save endangered ferrets
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A specialized drone could be instrumental in saving an endangered species of ferret in the United States.*
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has an**unced plans to test out a program that would use unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to shoot vaccine-covered candy into the black-footed ferret's habitat in Montana. The goal of this scheme is to help i**culate the animal against sylvatic plague (http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/disease_information/sylvatic_plague/) — a disease that can decimate black-footed ferret populations.*
The vaccination effort is designed to indirectly benefit the ferrets by specifically targeting prairie dog populations, which are also susceptible to the plague. Black-footed ferrets depend on prairie dogs for food and shelter. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/13/drones-dropping-candy-for-ferrets/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Prairie Dogs (http://mashable.com/category/prairie-dogs/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Ferrets (http://mashable.com/category/ferrets/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Animals (http://mashable.com/category/animals/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Wildlife (http://mashable.com/category/wildlife/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Drones (http://mashable.com/category/drones/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/DiOylztCN4g
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A specialized drone could be instrumental in saving an endangered species of ferret in the United States.*
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has an**unced plans to test out a program that would use unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to shoot vaccine-covered candy into the black-footed ferret's habitat in Montana. The goal of this scheme is to help i**culate the animal against sylvatic plague (http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/disease_information/sylvatic_plague/) — a disease that can decimate black-footed ferret populations.*
The vaccination effort is designed to indirectly benefit the ferrets by specifically targeting prairie dog populations, which are also susceptible to the plague. Black-footed ferrets depend on prairie dogs for food and shelter. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/13/drones-dropping-candy-for-ferrets/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Prairie Dogs (http://mashable.com/category/prairie-dogs/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Ferrets (http://mashable.com/category/ferrets/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Animals (http://mashable.com/category/animals/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Wildlife (http://mashable.com/category/wildlife/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Drones (http://mashable.com/category/drones/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/DiOylztCN4g