Of one very active black-footed ferret kit, born about 10:30 am Friday, June 20. http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/NorthAmerica/default.cfm?cam=BFF I got the following information from Education Program Manager, Community Relations, National Zoological Park Conservation & Research Center: >The story I heard on this was that this is a HUGE breakthrough in >science and conservation. She was artificially inseminated with the >sperm of a genetically valuable male ferret...sperm that was frozen >11 years ago and stored in liquid nitrogen until this year when the >Species Survival Plan for ferrets recommended that these genes be >taken out of cold storage and brought back into the living >collection. The father has been deceased for many years. Linda International Ferret Congress http://www.ferretcongress.org [Posted in FML 6008]