World’s first cloned black-footed ferret gives birth in Virginia

The male and female newborn kits were reported to be in ‘good health and meeting developmental milestones’ - (Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute)

The world’s first cloned black-footed ferret has given birth in a historic first for conservationists.

Antonia the ferret successfully delivered two healthy kits after mating with Urchin, a three-year-old male of the same species, at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, the US Fish & Wildlife Service announced on Friday.