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Red Wolf Pups

Nope, non here, again 🙁 But aren’t they cute. These two males were born at a sister red wolf SSP institution. Learn more about these little guys (born May 6, 2010) by going to the NY Wolf Center’s Blog.  It’s hard to resist sharing baby pictures. To date, in the captive population there have been 6 litters born- 24 pups. Thus far only 15 pups have survived. 2 pups have already been fostered to the wild den with the Kilkenny Pack.Read more
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Red Wolf Recovery Program: Quarterly Report

Since Marilyn just wrote about acronyms and the red wolf program, I thought I would share the following with you, in case you want to learn what’s going on with the  RWRP (Red Wolf Recovery Program) directly from the Red Wolf Recovery Program Coordinator?  The link below will take you to the 10 page report that is released quarterly.  In the report you can learn about the program objectives, the packs of red wolves that live in the wild, researchRead more
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Acronyms Galore!

SSP, AZA, USFWS, ARNWR, RWC, PDZA, RWSSP, RWRP. These are all acronyms used when talking about the Red Wolf Recovery Program (RWRP). Originally, I was just going to explain what a Species Survival Plan (SSP) is, so that the readers can have a better idea of how the red wolf breeding program works. But it’s not that simple, because there are several facets of the program. Here is an overview for you. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) tookRead more
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Red Wolf 1390 update

Does this guy look familiar? This is one of our wolf brothers, 1390, who lived here awhile ago- from December 19, 2005- September 29, 2008. He was transferred on September 29, 2008.  He left here to go to Sandy Ridge, a captive holding area that’s part of Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge. The Wildlife Biologists at ARNWR  have started their own Blog (I snatched this photo from their blog to share with you) about the wolves and the goings on out their way.Read more

QuikPost: Update on our female red wolf part 2

Our female red wolf has been in estrous now for over a week. Unfortunately, the keepers have not seen any mating interactions between the male and the female. There seem to be some differences from last year, as well. For instance, the male chased the female around quite a bit last year while she was in estrous. But I have not heard any other keepers mention that they have seen him chasing her this year. Just today, Cassidy played aRead more