>In other news, Friday, after about 60 years of absence from the
>country, 34 black-footed ferrets were released in Grasslands National
>Park, in Saskatchewan, Canada. About half the ferrets came from the
>Toronto Zoo's breeding facility, the rest from various US facilities.

I was very excited to read the above info from Linda Iroff. So I went
to the Toronto Zoo website to see what kind of info they have about
the BFF.

This link takes you to photos---some very cute pics! and a couple of
videos.
http://www.torontozoo.com/AboutTheZoo/PressRoom.asp

This link takes you to info about the program and where donations can
be made
http://www.torontozoo.com/bff.asp

PDF June press release
<http://www.torontozoo.com/pdfs/BFF_Black-Footed%20Ferret%20Release%20June%2026.pdf>

I hope the release is the start of a successful colony in southwestern
Canada. :)

Darlene,Koby,Dontae&Jayla
Remembering Abby&Nike

-- 
"I did then what I knew then,when I knew better,I did better."
Maya Angelou

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