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But there is big news from the CRC. For years the center has been working to bring various species back from the brink of extinction, exotic birds from Southeast Asia, hooved animals from the slopes and plains of Asia and Africa, the Przewalski horses (oldest pure equine breed in the world) from Mongolia. But never until now has the center taken a North American species under its wing, says Morgan.
Seven young, black-footed ferrets arrived at the CRC in mid-October from Wyoming, where the last known breeding colony in the wild was wiped out by disease a little over a year ago. They are a species native to the Great Plains, and only 58 are known to exist today.
This will be the second effort to establish a breeding colony in captivity in the East. In the mid-1970s, the Fish and Wildlife Service tried to breed some black-footed ferrets at its Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., but the foundation’s stock of that colony was riddled with diabetes, tumors and other health problems exacerbated by inbreeding.
The black-footed ferret is also extremely susceptible to canine distemper and human influenza.
The goal of the Front Royal project is to have 200 breeding pairs, or 500 healthy individuals, by 1991.
Waterfowl project begins
The Fish and Wildlife Service launched its part of the new North American Waterfowl Management Plan this week with the dedication of 1,000 acres of leased rice land near Nome, Texas, where tens of thousands of wintering pintail and mallard ducks, blue-winged teal, snow geese and other migratory birds will
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