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12 Critically Endangered Red Wolf Pups Are Born in North Carolina – A Conservation Baby Boom
The North Carolina Zoo has welcomed the birth of 12 critically endangered red wolf pups.
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The birth of three litters of critically endangered American red wolves happened recently in North Carolina—and they were born just three days apart.
All pups and their mothers are healthy and doing well—with this the first time in the history of the North Carolina Zoo’s red wolf breeding program that a trio of litters was born in one spring.
The newest pups bring the number of red wolves currently in the Asheboro-based program to 36—making it the second-largest pack in the U.S. after Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Washington state.
Only 15-20 red wolves remain in the wild, and they’re all in eastern North Carolina. Currently, they’re considered the most endangered canid in the world.
For the first time in two decades, one of the litters was born on the red wolf public habitat—to parents Flint and Sassy—giving zoo guests a rare chance to view the pups for a limited time.