ASPB Brown Bag Lunch and Webinar
Cochrane Ecological Institute Swift Fox Reintroduction Program and Implications of Reintroduction to the Rehabilitation Of Ecosystems
Details
- Presenters: Clio Smeeton and Ken Weagle, Cochrane Ecological Institute
- Date: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
- Location: Calgary, Husky Building (Western Canadian Place), Conference Room A on the +30 level, 707 8th Avenue SW
Summary
The Cochrane Ecological Institute is a family founded, charitable, not-for-profit organization devoted to breeding endangered species for reintroduction, wildlife rescue, rehabilitation, and release, educating the public, monitoring habitat and species, and developing non intrusive wildlife survey methods. The CEI was founded in 1971 by Miles and Beryl Smeeton and is now run by their daughter, Clio Smeeton. The CEI initiated the swift fox reintroduction program in Canada in 1972, six years before the species was declared extirpated in Canada. The CEI is unique in that it holds the world’s longest established (1972), largest (20 pairs), and only captive breeding colony of swift fox. The talk will deal with the swift fox reintroduction program in Canada and USA and the associated ethical issues.
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Everyone is welcome to attend – Bring your lunch! The event is free and no RSVP is required.
Reminder to ASPB members: attending brown bag lunches is just one of the ways you can accumulate credits for the CCP!
More information will follow soon
If you have any questions please contact Karoliina Munter (karoliina.munter@stantec.com). If you are not able to attend in person but would like to call in, please contact Karoliina.