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Friends of the National Zoo company history timeline

1965

A research center dedicated to studying animal reproduction, behavior and ecology opened in 1965.

1991

In 1991 the first black-footed ferret kits born at the Front Royal, Virginia, facility were returned to the wild.

1995

In 1995, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute scientists were the first to discover the lethal elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV) which affects both wild and zoo elephants.

2009

On land, Smithsonian scientists launched Virginia Working Landscapes to preserve native biodiversity and encourage the sustainable use of working landscapes in 2009.

2011

The Cornell-Smithsonian Joint Graduate Training Program, which has been accepting applications since 2011, allows students to benefit from the dual mentorship of a Cornell faculty member and a Smithsonian scientist.

2015

The program’s very first student produced the first domestic puppies from in vitro fertilization in 2015, solving some of the mystery of canid reproduction.

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