Ferrets Born at NZP
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PrintTen European ferrets (two litters of 5 kits each) are born at the National Zoo. They are the first ferrets ever born as the result of artificial insemination, one of only a few species of wild mammals giving birth after artificial insemination.
National Zoological Park (U.S.)
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, "The Torch," April 1987, p. 2.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
January 27, 1987