Six black-footed ferret kits were born on May 11 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute research campus in Front Royal, Virginia. The kits are the first litter for 2-year-old mother Mizuno and represent an important step in the ongoing effort to save North America’s only native ferret species from extinction. The kits are being raised by Mizuno in a specially designed den box equipped with a soundless black-and-whit…
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