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Ten critically endangered American red wolves traveled between New York and North Carolina this week in a carefully coordinated effort to save their species from extinction. With fewer than 21 red wolves left in the wild, every breeding exchange brings new hope for recovery.
A Durham museum is moving a family of critically endangered red wolves to New York, giving them a better shot at returning to the wild. With fewer than 40 red wolves left in nature, this partnership shows how zoos are working together to save America's rarest wolf.
Four wild red wolf litters totaling 23 pups were born in eastern North Carolina this year, marking a major milestone for one of America's most endangered animals. Biologists are tracking every pup to help the species make its comeback.
Three critically endangered red wolf pups born at the Saint Louis Zoo were fostered into a wild North Carolina family this spring, bringing hope to a species with fewer than 40 left in the wild. Trail cameras confirmed months later that all three pups are thriving with their new pack.
Four red wolf pups have been successfully cloned by researchers working to rescue North America's most endangered wolf species from extinction. The breakthrough offers new hope for an animal that vanished from the wild in 1980.