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So , as you can imagine , um capturing 

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and handling North America's fastest 

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land animal presents its unique set of 

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opportunities and challenges . Uh looks 

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like , you know , no other way to put 

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it , but it's organized chaos . There's 

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a whole group of people going into the 

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Boma and um while it may look a little 

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disorganized from uh the layman's 

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perspective , uh each one of those 

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people has a very specific job 

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in wildlife biology . We tend to think 

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in terms of populations rather than 

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individual animals . But uh when you're 

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working with endangered species , that 

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focus has to shift a little bit because 

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the populations aren't as robust . So 

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each individual animal matters quite a 

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bit . And that's why we take 

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extraordinary care and ensure that uh 

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not only to minimize injury , but to 

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give the vaccines and vitamins to 

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ensure that each individual animal has 

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the best chance of success in the wild . 

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So the snow and pron is actually an 

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endangered species . It was one of the 

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first species listed under the 

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endangered Species Act in 1973 . It was 

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actually first listed in 1967 under the 

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Endangered Species Preservation Act and 

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it was grandfathered under the 

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Endangered Species Act . Um But in 2002 , 

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roughly , um , there was a , uh , an 

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extreme drought , a long term drought 

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and it dwindled the population down to 

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just 21 animals . 

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We're learning a lot more about 

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Pronghorn as we reintroduce them into 

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these new areas . And , um , it's 

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obviously having a great impact . Pro 

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Horn exist on the landscape uh in more 

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areas in their historic habitat than 

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they they have in many decades . 

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The future is looking brighter . 

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There's still a lot of work to be done . 

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Um And uh , we look forward to , uh 

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eventually getting the species down 

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listed and delisted .