Few individual animals have ever been more important to their species than 2323M — a red wolf, dubbed Airplane Ears by advocates for his prominent extremities, who spent his brief but fruitful life on ...

Working with the American Red Wolf Saving Animals From Extinction Program (SAFE), among other programs, the reserve cared for three of the 33 red wolf breeding pairs in the 2023-2024 season ...

While the video itself is mundane, the fact that these animals have been persecuted so intensely makes it gut-wrenching to watch. The red wolf is yet another example of how humanity has gone too ...

Map by Jose Barrios, USFWS. From 2002 to 2014, the wild red wolf population consistently numbered over 100 animals. But starting in 2012, the population began to decline due to actions taken by the ...

Friday, the zoo's new female American Red Wolf, Ajana, could be seen for the first time in her new habitat after arriving Thursday night from the Sioux Falls Zoo in South Dakota.

“Without more reintroductions the red wolf could soon be extinct in the wild. These incredibly imperiled animals can’t afford any more delays.” Relying on scientific studies of remaining habitat, the ...

including crossings along Highway 64 in red wolf territory. “To stop cars from killing these desperately endangered animals, we need to create wildlife crossings in their last refuges,” said Harlan.

Residents of the nine counties surrounding the Red Wolf Recovery Area in northeastern North Carolina were surveyed. A majority indicated they liked red wolves, and a plurality supported the recovery ...

Like other wolves, these animals were hunted and persecuted ... which concludes that red wolves are a legitimate wolf species (Canis rufus) separate from grey wolves and coyotes.