PHOENIX (AP) – The Phoenix Zoo is asking the public to identify one of its black-footed ferret litters. The zoo cares for 27 kits of black-footed ferrets, and officials say it’s the most successful breeding season in 20 years. The first litter was born in May and the last in June. Phoenix Zoo is one of six facilities worldwide that breed black-footed ferrets for release into the wild. The species is considered to be one of the most endangered species in North America. Once believed to be extinct in the wild, the black-footed ferret has returned to its original habitat through reintroduction efforts supported by state, federal, indigenous, and nongovernmental conservation partners, of which zoo has produced over 500 black-footed ferrets in 30 years of involvement in the breeding program many were released into the wild in the prairie grasslands of Arizona and other parts of their native range.
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