2-Week Pup Check

The Pups are two weeks old today. The six are still here, and have been in the primary den for several days now. As we gathered up our team to go check on the pups today we knew we could easily work in the flattened out area behind this den. Five of the six pups are huge. These five weigh from 1,246 grams to 1,482 grams. That means at just two weeks old, our large male is over 3 andRead more

Back in the den

Remember F2062, mom, moved her pups back to the primary den Saturday night? Here’s some video of the return. Took her about 7 minutes to get all pups from the berm and bring them to the front den. Watch all six video clips. (If you’re only going to watch one, clip on the fifth one!) Enjoy!hRead more
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Look who’s back in the den

Remember my mantra from last night? “She gets to take care of her pups as she needs to”. “She gets to take care of her pups as she needs to”. “She gets to take care of her pups as she needs to”. Well the pups are back in the primary den. A very blurry picture I took of the video screen showing the pile of pups. I assume, based on last year’s behavior, mom, F2062, moved them back in SaturdayRead more

Pupdate: April 27, 2019

Good news: it’s the weekend and we’ve got 10 wolves in our habitat. (While high, that’s the number we hope we have each time we post). I mentioned on Monday when the pups were born that there is this fine line of letting the wolves be and making sure the pups are doing okay. The pups seemed okay on day one, even the little one. However making sure the pups’ feet were okay and that they were all gaining weightRead more
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WOW- pile of pups arrived today

I was notified last night that the female wolf, F2062, was acting very antsy. Seems like she knew Earth Day was the day to deliver her pups. Welcome to these six amazing little ones. The future of red wolves relies on these new additions and facilities like us and our partner institutions. We provide opportunities not only for breeding, but also to share information about this critically endangered species. Hopefully we are making more red wolf advocates along with moreRead more