Ferret definition

Ferret means an animal of any age of the species Mustela furo.
Ferret means only the European ferret (Mustela putorious furo).
Ferret means a domesticated ferret being maintained as a pet.

Examples of Ferret in a sentence

  • In Recovery of the Black-footed Ferret: Progress and Continuing Challenges.

  • The Permittee oversees the recovery efforts of the black-footed ferret with the assistance of the Black-footed Ferret Recovery Implementation Team (BFFRIT).

  • In Proceedings of the Black- footed Ferret and Prairie Dog Workshop.

  • In Proceedings of the Symposium on the Management of Prairie Dog Complexes for the Reintroduction of Black-footed Ferret.

  • The purpose of this Black-Footed Ferret Programmatic Safe Harbor Agreement (Agreement) is to encourage non-federal landowners to voluntarily engage in conservation activities to benefit and advance recovery of the endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes).

  • Based on this Agreement and compliance with all other associated regulations and laws, the Service will issue a section 10(a)(1)(A) Enhancement of Survival Permit (Permit) to the Service’s Black-Footed Ferret Recovery Coordinator (Permittee) for a term of 50 years.

  • In Proceedings of the Symposium on the Management of Prairie Dog Complexes for the Reintroduction of the Black- footed Ferret.

  • This certifies that the lands described as follows [description of enrolled lands covered by the Safe Harbor permit] owned by [name of Cooperator] is included within the scope of Permit Number [TE000000], held by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Black-Footed Ferret Recovery Coordinator (Permittee), issued on [date] and expiring on [date] under the authority of section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1539(a)(1)(A).

  • Ferret populations at many reintroduction sites are challenged by disease (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2013).

  • The Permit authorizes incidental take of black-footed ferrets from all lawful activities by participating landowners (Cooperators) as part of the Black-footed Ferret Programmatic Safe Harbor Agreement (Agreement) to reintroduce and establish new populations of the black- footed ferret.


More Definitions of Ferret

Ferret means a member of the species Mustela putorius;
Ferret means only the European ferret Mustela putorious [sic] furo” (Vermont Statutes, Title 20, § 3541 (4))
Ferret means any Common European ferret (Mustela putorius)
Ferret means any musteline three (3) months of age or older for which there exists