Red Wolf Family Investigation
2,267 views · Published 24 January 2016 · 1:07 · Indexed 29 October 2026
Channel: Wolf Conservation Center · 2016 · Pets & Animals
A family of red wolves finds something curious in there home at the Wolf Conservation Center (WCC), a 501c3 non-profit organization, in South Salem, NY. (Filmed March 2015) The red wolf is one of the world’s most endangered wild canids. Once common throughout the southeastern United States, red wolf populations were decimated by the 1960s due to intensive predator control programs and loss of habitat. A remnant population of red wolves was found along the Gulf coast of Texas and Louisiana. After being declared an endangered species in 1973, efforts were initiated to locate and capture as many wild red wolves as possible. Of the 17 remaining wolves captured by biologists, 14 became the founders of a successful captive breeding program. Consequently, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service declared red wolves extinct in the wild in 1980. By 1987, enough red wolves were bred in captivity to begin a restoration program on Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern North Carolina. Today an estimated 50-75 red wolves roam the wilds of northeastern North Carolina. For more information about wolves and the WCC's participation in wolf recovery, please visit our website at www.nywolf.org. Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nywolforg Find us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/nywolforg And on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wolfconservationcenter/
