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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 13 > Oregon Zoo releases threatened butterflies

Oregon Zoo releases threatened butterflies


August 13, 2009

PORTLAND " Captive breeding isn't just for California condors.

The Oregon Zoo this summer has released 2,000 pupae of the threatened Oregon silverspot butterfly that it raised.

The zoo's butterfly conservationist, Mary Jo Andersen, says butterfly populations throughout North America are in....

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