The state of black-footed ferret and other weasel species exhibits in zoos

I saw in one small zoo wonderful Stoat exhibit built like a barn - with wooden farm tools, boxes etc., plenty of opportunities to explore for an animal.

Overall, martens are better as education animals/feeding presentations, when they can be reliably made to move. They are as agile and playful as monkeys, fascinating animals, much more than canids - pity that usually active after closing hours.
 
DavidBrown said:
I was curious if there were any attempts to reintroduce the BFFs to Canada, and apparently there are, with a breeding center located at the Toronto Zoo: Toronto Zoo | Captive Breeding and Reintroduction

Does anybody know if Toronto has a BFF exhibit, and if so, how is it?
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BFFs have successfully been reintroduced to Grassland National Park, on two separate occasions, and pups have been produced. The key to the success there is the colonies of reintroduced Black Tailed Prairie Dogs. They are a foundation species and have mad it possible for Swift Fox to be reintroduced and the Burrowing Owl Populations to rebound.

When I was a the national zoo, I did see one of the BFFs. It was not overly active, but she was awake and I managed to get some god shots.

In terms of other Mustelids, the Pine Martens at HWP are very active and mad quite a good exhibit(I did see them around feeding time, but they were climbing all over the place and vocalizing.)

Another Mustelid ( other than otters) that I have seen active active and making a good exhibit are Wolverines at both Edinburgh and Muskoka Wildlife Park. The latter institution also had active North American Pine Martens and a young rescued Fisher. All were very active and engaging.
 
Elmwood Park zoo in Norristown,Pa has a small BFF exhibit. here's a pic of it sleeping.

and here's a pic of its exhibit. BFF on the left and Burrowing owl on the right.
 
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