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"With the release of 25 swift foxes planned later this week, the Fort Belknap
Indian Community celebrated the third year of its swift fox recovery program.
The reintroduction program has, so far, returned 103 swift foxes to Tribal
lands and monitoring show that the foxes are reproducing in the wild, a
critical measure of success for a self-sustaining population.
Over the past four years, the Nakoda (Assiniboine) and Aaniiih (Gros Ventre)
Tribes of Fort Belknap collaborated with the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and
Conservation Biology Institute, Aaniiih Nakoda College, Defenders of Wildlife,
American Prairie, World Wildlife Fund and Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo on this
five-year reintroduction effort.
“After being absent for more than 50 years, the swift fox has returned to the
grasslands of Fort Belknap and our people could not be prouder,” said Harold
“Jiggs” Main, director of the Fort Belknap Fish and Wildlife Department.
This week, three of 28 foxes trapped in Wyoming will be released during a
special ceremony held by the Fort Belknap Indian Community. The remaining 25
foxes will be released later this week."
Via
Future Crunch issue 193:
https://futurecrunch.com/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
