{"id":259953,"date":"2025-10-30T02:58:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T02:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/259953\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T02:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T02:58:07","slug":"zoomontana-bids-goodbye-to-10-year-old-mink-ivy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/259953\/","title":{"rendered":"ZooMontana bids goodbye to 10-year-old mink, Ivy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ZooMontana said goodbye to one of its most beloved residents this week. <\/p>\n<p>Ivy, an American mink who served as a conservation ambassador for nearly a decade, was euthanized after experiencing a rapid decline in health, the zoo announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Ivy wasn&#8217;t just any mink. She was an ambassador for her species, zoo officials said, delighting visitors with her vibrant personality and inspiring conservation efforts throughout her time at the zoo.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past decade, she helped scientists better understand mink populations by providing scat samples to local and national organizations, including Working Dogs for Conservation in Missoula.<\/p>\n<p>Born on a private fur farm in May 2015, Ivy joined Zoo Montana later that year. She leaves behind a lasting legacy for both people and wildlife conservation.<\/p>\n<p>The mink&#8217;s playful spirit and role as an educational ambassador made her a cherished member of the ZooMontana family and a favorite among visitors who came to learn about her species.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ZooMontana said goodbye to one of its most beloved residents this week. Ivy, an American mink who served&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-259953","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}