Recovery Program Working for Pronghorn

May 14, 2007 By ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN, Associated Press Writer Recovery Program Working for Pronghorn (AP)

This image provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows federal wildlife biologist Mike Coffeen, right, helping carry a captured Sonoran pronghorn into captivity Dec. 10, 2005 in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Ariz. Coffeen is ecstatic these days. His efforts to save North America's fastest mammal -- the endangered Sonoran pronghorn -- are succeeding beyond expectations. (AP Photo/US Fish and Wildlife Service)

(AP) -- Federal wildlife biologist Mike Coffeen is ecstatic these days. His efforts to save North America's fastest mammal - the endangered Sonoran pronghorn - are succeeding beyond expectations.



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