I just got off the airplane a couple hours ago from the Red Wolf SSP Master Plan meeting and before I go home to bed I wanted to let you know that our red wolves- 1369 and 1227- will be here with us another year. It is really important that these two produce offspring so we are going to give them another shot. If anyone knows any fertility dances or spells, or anything else to help these two get together,Read more
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2009 Red Wolf SSP meeting
Sunday is the beginning of this year’s red wolf SSP meeting. This year it is in Tacoma, WA. At last year’s meeting in Chattanooga, we learned that our “brother” wolves would be moving on and that we would be getting two new wolves, a male and a female that we hoped would breed. The photo is of red wolf 1390. He was crated and driven to his new home last September. This year’s meeting should be interesting, as they alwaysRead more
Creature Feature: Red Wolf Surgery Part 3
This video is the third and final part of a three part series. Watch the first and second part or see all three in the same video. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUhf6ciwZ1E] Well, a lot has happened with red wolf #1227 in the last week or so. Yesterday’s video showed you the procedure of the mass being removed, and today’s video will allow you to see what happened to #1227 after the surgery and how she is doing now. #1227 arrived at the museumRead more
Creature Feature: Red Wolf Surgery Part 2
This video is the second part of a three part series. Watch the first video here. WARNING: This video contains graphic images of surgical procedures that may not be appropriate for all viewers. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo_ejS8Zcmc] In yesterday’s post, I said that I would tell you more about red wolf #1227 for the second part of the video. However, we received the pathology report yesterday afternoon, and I didn’t want to wait until tomorrow to share the results with you. So IRead more
Creature Feature: Red Wolf Surgery Part 1
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R38zibjhaok] You may have read a post last week, or possibly heard about it on twitter, that our female red wolf (#1227) had surgery to remove a large mass from her chest. That was last Monday, and now we have a terrific video of the surgery to share with you! The video has been broken down into three 2-minute parts, which will be posted over the next three days (Tuesday through Thursday). The surgery was a great success, and theRead more
Red Wolf pups- lots of pups born to wild wolves
I mentioned a few posts ago about red wolf births. Not that many pups were born in the captive population although I have not heard a final report yet. The numbers are looking much better for wild red wolves. As of May 15, there have been 11 liters with 41 pups, plus the 4 pups that were fostered. I head out for the red wolf SSP master plan meeting in Tacoma the end of July, and will report more specificRead more