As many of you know, the Red wolf is the true American wolf, and is highly endangered. The survival of this species depends on efforts made by places like WSC to maintain genetic diversity through breeding of these gorgeous creatures. There is an active reintroduction going on in North Carolina and all of us that have red wolves hold out hope that one or more of our animals will make it back to the wild. That is why our red wolves are so shy of humans. In order to check up on them, we have to cr

It's #WolfAwarenessWeek - Learn about the American red wolf! Did you know that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, working with their partners, released the first red wolves into the wild in 1987? The program was successful for several decades and the wild population grew to an estimated 150 individuals. Unfortunately, over the past 14 years, the already critically endangered wild population plummeted to fewer than 20 American red wolves in the wild. In 2021, there were 10 known collared red wol

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