The Toronto Zoo is working to help protect the critically endangered Black-Footed Ferret from going extinct in the wild through a breeding program. Yeshy Beyersbergen joins me on the podcast to tell us about the program that raises the ferrets at the Zoo with the goal of releasing them into the wild to add to the population in North America.
Yeshy describes the program and the criteria that each ferret must have before being released in the wild. She talks about the precautions that she and her colleagues have to take to keep the animals healthy and the number of new kits (babies) the Zoo has this year. The number of kits certainly keeps Yeshy and her fellow keepers busy!
Preventing the Vancouver Island Marmot form going extinct
Why the Toronto Zoo is excited for the Jane Goodall Act
Find out about the new baby Sumatran orangutan at the Toronto Zoo
Protecting Turtles at the Toronto Zoo
How the Toronto Zoo is Going Net Zero
Studying the behaviour of Juno the polar bear
The birth of a giraffe at The Toronto Zoo
New Baby Cheetahs at The Toronto Zoo
Immerse yourself at The Toronto Zoo with the new app, On Thin Ice
WFL 85: Considerations when designing habitats at The Toronto Zoo
WFL 84: Celebrating Charles, the Silverback Gorilla’s 50th Birthday
WFL 83: How the Toronto Zoo uses their manure to produce electricity in partnership with Zooshare
WFL 82: Learn about the Amur tiger breeding program and the new tiger cub at the Toronto Zoo
WFL 81: New Wild Encounters at the Toronto Zoo
WFL 80: Coorporative Breeding Programs at the Toronto Zoo
WFL 79: Transferring Theo The Rhino from the Toronto Zoo
WFL 78: Native Bat Conservation at the Toronto Zoo
WFL 77: Increasing the breeding success of the Oregon Spotted Frog
WFL 76: Animal Welfare Science at the Toronto Zoo
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