New York's Daisy and Eleanor Take the #Howl4Wolves Challenge
1,402 views · Published 28 February 2015 · 1:16 · Indexed 22 October 2026
Channel: Wolf Conservation Center · 2015 · Pets & Animals
Save Red Wolves! All the red wolves that remain in the wild are currently in North Carolina. That state’s Wildlife Resources Commission has asked the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to remove them, threatening their very existence. Please see the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium’s Save the Red Wolf page and learn how to take action to keep the red wolf in the wild! - http://www.pdza.org/save-red-wolves #Howl4Wolves Challenge The Red Wolf SSP launched the #Howl4Wolves Challenge. We are asking people to create a short video to spread awareness of critically endangered red wolves (and other endangered wolves). This challenge was prompted after the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission asked the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to remove all red wolves from the Red Wolf Recovery Area in northeastern North Carolina—thus rendering them extinct in the wild. This is not only detrimental to red wolf conservation; it also sets a dangerous precedent for all endangered species. We need to show that the American public cares about wolves, wildlife and conservation. We need this to go viral, and we can accomplish this if all of the SSP institutions launch this challenge simultaneously. Keepers, staff, volunteers and supporters of these awesome organizations need to get together to make some videos, to challenge others to do the same and to attract as much attention as possible. Please keep the video short, state why you care about wolves, challenge a few others, and then howl. Tag your challenged folks in your post and use #Howl4Wolves as your hashtag. Together we can make a difference. Let’s do this!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 90-100 red wolves roam the wilds of northeastern North Carolina and another 200 or so comprise the captive breeding program, still an essential element of red wolf recovery. We invite you to watch this beautiful pack via our LIVE webcam! - http://nywolf.org/wolf-cam/red-wolves-ex2/enclosure Wolf Conservation Center Website - http://nywolf.org/ Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nywolforg Find us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/nywolforg
