Assertion: black footed ferret | /r/CapableOf | increase captive population of ferrets
Facets:
value: to 200 breeding adults
type: OTHER
value: by 1991
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Since they have been listed as endangered species, the black-footed ferrets have been placed on a recovery plan with three basic goals the first of which has already been achieved: a) increasing the captive population of ferrets to 200 breeding adults by 1991; b) establishing a pre-breeding census population of 1,500 free ranging breeding adults in ten or more different populations, with no fewer than 30 breeding adults in each population by 2010; and c) encouraging the widest possible distribution of reintroduced animals throughout their historic range (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services 1988).