With so few red wolves left in the wild, this is a big win for the zoo's conservation efforts.
The North Carolina Zoo has announced the birth of two litters of critically endangered red wolves, adding nine new additions to their red wolf population.
Posting a video of the adorable pups on Twitter, the zoo writes that the pups were checked to make sure they were healthy and hydrated and that that did not have any heart murmurs. Their checkup also included making sure they didn’t have any problems that would make it hard for them to nurse correctly, like a cleft palate.
We are thrilled to announce that we have had not one but TWO litters of critically endangered red wolf pups born at the North Carolina Zoo!#SavingSpecies pic.twitter.com/6Io05EmxjPThe litters were born as part of the zoo’s contribution to the Association of Zoos & Aquariums American Red Wolf SAFE Program, which is working to protect the wolves from extinction.
“The American red wolf was one of the first species protected under the Endangered Species Preservation Act in 1967 as well as one of the first species added to the list of endangered species after the passing of the Endangered Species Act in 1973,” the AZA writes on their website. “By that time, many red wolves had already been hunted to near extinction.”
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