This is from Tracy Barbaro [email protected] of Harvard University/Encyclopedia of Life.
As a kid, inherited a young Red Fox pup, parents were by both shot by a farmer. It was one amazing Animal. As it became sexually mature, we tried to acclimate it to life in the wild by letting it run free on our farm. One day it disappeared, and just hope all turned out well for it. Apologies for cross-posting. Nice story below. Thank you. Mike Nolan One Species at a Time Podcast Series from the Encyclopedia of Life Island Fox Podcast In this episode, we visit Santa Cruz Island, off the coast of California, to look into the mystery of the population decline of the island’s tiny foxes, descendants of gray foxes who rafted over from the mainland more than ten thousand years ago and branched off to form a new, smaller species. Despite weighing a mere three pounds, these diminutive grey foxes thrived and for millennia they reigned as the island’s top predator. But twenty years ago, their numbers began to plummet, from three thousand in the early 1990s to fewer than one hundred by 2000. Samuel tells how conservationists solved the puzzle of the vanishing foxes and helped them stage a comeback. Listen to the podcast on the Encyclopedia of Life. ************************ About the Encyclopedia of Life The Encyclopedia of Life is a collaborative effort among scientist and the general public to bring information together about all 1.9 million named and known species, in a common format, freely available on the internet. Learn more at www.eol.org ---------- If we are on another line or away from the phone, please leave your number, best time to return your call and/or your e-mail address. After hours and weekend phone appointments are available upon request. Sincerely, J. Michael Nolan, Director Rainforest and Reef 501 (c)(3) non-profit ************************************************************************************************** “Outstanding-Affordable Field Courses in Rainforest & Marine Ecology” “Spanish/Cultural Immersion Programs: Spain, Mexico, Central and South America” Rainforest and Reef 501 (c)(3) non-profit 161 Main St. Coopersville, MI 49404 Local/International Phone: 1.616.604.0546 Toll Free U.S. and Canada: 1.877.255.3721 Fax: 1.616.604.0546 Google Talk/MS IM/Skype: travelwithrandr AOL IM: buddythemacaw E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected] Note: Please send inquiries to both e-mail addresses Web: http://rainforestandreef.org **************************************************************************************************
