PRO/AH/EDR> Plague, animal – USA (08): (MT) ferret, prairie dog, drone-delivered vaccine

Plague — United States
The US government is set to unleash drones that fire vaccine-covered M&Ms in a bid to save the endangered black-footed ferret, a species that is facing a plague epidemic across America’s great plains. The US Fish and Wildlife (FWS) has developed a plan to bombard ferret habitat in Montana with the vaccine, which will be administered via specially designed drones that will be able to shoot M&Ms in 3 directions simultaneously.
The vaccines will be targeted at the prairie dog population at the