Sylvatic Plague Photo Gallery
Conata Basin, South Dakota.
Prairie dog in Conata Basin.
Prairie dog in Conata Basin.
Prairie dog in Conata Basin.
Live trap set to catch a black-footed ferret.
Black-footed ferret in a live trap.
Black-footed ferret in a live trap.
USGS scientist Christopher Brand holding a live-caught black-footed ferret.
USGS scientist injects a vaccine into a black-footed ferret.
Prairie Wildlife Research biologist examines a blood sample from a black-footed ferret.
Fish and Wildlife Service scientist sprays a prairie dog burrow with insecticide to kill the fleas that carry plague.
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