AR-News: (US SD) Swift foxes showing promise

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

By DORINDA DANIEL
Capital Journal Staff


They’re making their home on the range.

Two years after swift foxes were reintroduced to central South Dakota by the 
Turner Endangered Species Fund, some of the small animals are surviving in the 
wild.

A total of 60 swift foxes were released on the Bad River Ranches in 2002 and 
2003. Of those 60, 30 are known to be dead, 21 are known to be alive and nine 
are missing, according to Kevin Honness, a project biologist with the Turner 
Endangered   

Species Fund. The swift foxes were fitted with radio collars prior to release 
in order to monitor their movements. Missing means that the foxes have not 
been able to be located in two weeks. 




full story:

http://www.capjournal.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=10221 
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