スミソニアン国立動物園のインスタグラム(smithsonianzoo) - 3月4日 03時18分

Black-footed ferrets are North America’s only native ferret species, which formerly ranged all across the western plains. Once believed to be extinct, black-footed ferrets have made an incredible recovery, thanks in large part to the work done at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI).
The last remaining wild animals were caught between 1985 and 1987 to establish a breeding center in Wyoming. In 1988, the Smithsonian was the first to receive offspring from those 18 and breed black-footed ferrets outside of Wyoming. Every year ferrets born at SCBI are released to the wild. SCBI works closely with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reintroduce ferrets back into the wild.
Currently, 28 reintroduction sites cover parts of Wyoming, South Dakota, Montana, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Kansas, New Mexico, Canada and Mexico. Each year, between 150 and 220 black-footed ferrets are released from preconditioning programs which familiarize the animals with burrows (underground tunnels) to increase the chance that they will survive in the wild. About 4,500 ferrets have been released since the program's inception. #WorldWildlifeDay #WeSaveSpecies

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