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Monarch ButterfliesDanaus plexippus) rely on milkweed for food, shelter, cover for their eggs and for their toxicity that protects them from predators. Milkweed, however, has been dramatically reduced by herbicides and land cover change over the past few decades. The loss of milkweed sites across the country has in turn led to the disappearance of billions of Monarchs, leaving this butterfly at the brink of extinction.

Defenders Of Wildlife works on the ground, in the courts, and on Capitol Hill to protect and restore imperiled wildlife and habitats across North

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Black-Footed Ferrets(Mustela nigripes) are on the very brink of extinction. If we aren’t careful, we could see this species disappear in real time. Find out how we’re fighting for these ferrets and how you can too. Learn more at https://defenders.org/wildlife/black-footed-ferret

Defenders Of Wildlife works on the ground, in the courts, and on Capitol Hill to protect and restore imperiled wildlife and habitats across North America.

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Travel to the Blackfeet Nation with Defenders Of Wildlife to learn about their Cultural Buffalo Herd.

Video Transcript:

Chamois:
To the Buffalo.

This is probably a good distance, so we can make sure that they’re they feel safe and they’re not going to
take off.

It’s that respect. You know that we’ve got our long lenses to observe them and see how they’re grazing and interacting.

Chazz:
You know, when I was a little kid, you could see, like, everybody was kind of knew about Buffalo, but not really. Being … Continue