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.