Here come da ferrets.

State and federal wildlife officials plan to reintroduce Re`in`tro`duce´

v. t. 1. To introduce again.

Verb 1. reintroduce - introduce anew; "We haven't met in a long time, so let me reintroduce myself"
re-introduce a group of black-footed ferrets north of Medicine Bow Medicine Bow can refer to the following things:

Medicine Bow, Wyoming, a town in Southeastern Wyoming.
Medicine Bow Mountains, a mountain range in Colorado and Wyoming.
Medicine Bow Peak, the highest peak of the Medicine Bow Mountains.

, Wyo., in an effort to expand the range of the first reintroduced colony. Black-footed ferrets were feared to be extinct before the last known wild population--18 animals--was discovered in 1981. Through a captive breeding captive breeding

mating programs designed for use with animals kept in captivity. See also hand mating. program and planned reintroductions, the species' numbers have grown to about 450 throughout the West. Ferrets have been reintroduced in Arizona, Montana, South Dakota South Dakota (dəkō`tə), state in the N central United States. It is bordered by North Dakota (N), Minnesota and Iowa (E), Nebraska (S), and Wyoming and Montana (W). and along the Colorado-Utah border, as well as in Mexico.

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Title Annotation:	Wyoming plans to breed black-footed ferrets
Publication:	State Legislatures
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1U8WY
Date:	Oct 1, 2005
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