One-Minute Video: How to Save Red Wolves

Save Red Wolves is an alliance of organizations and individuals dedicated to protecting red wolves in the wild. You can be a voice for the last remaining red wolves. Join us in advocating for wildlife crossings, more reintroduction sites, and stronger protections for the most endangered wolves on the planet.  

Another Red Wolf Killed: Third Red Wolf in Six Months to Die From Vehicle Strike

An endangered red wolf was killed by vehicle strike along Highway 264 in December, marking the third red wolf in six months to die from a vehicle collision. The unnamed female pup, wearing radio collar 2501F, was an eight-month-old juvenile from the Milltail pack and daughter of Hope and Airplane Ears. Three months earlier, 2501F’s […]

New Research Highlights Ecological Importance of Red Wolves

A new study published by Dr. Ron Sutherland and partners in Animal Conservation has revealed that the recent steep declines of endangered red wolves coincided with significant increases in multiple prey and competitor species on lands within the red wolf recovery area in eastern North Carolina. The findings indicate that this rare wolf species had been […]

Pups from the Pungo pack collared

Two of the two remaining pups (2514F and 2515F) born in the Pungo family group in spring 2023 were captured in November so that they could be radio-collared. Both female pups were fitted with orange collars with orange reflective material and released within their family group’s home range. The two female pups have remained with […]

Airplane Ears Killed: Father of 11 Wolf Pups Struck by Vehicle

On September 26, Airplane Ears was struck by a vehicle on Highway 64 and killed. A necropsy is pending. No additional details have been released by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Highway 64 runs through North Carolina’s Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, where Airplane Ears lived with his breeding partner, Pam, and 11 of his pups. […]

The Underdog: Rooting for the Return of the Red Wolf

Facing elimination in the 2011 World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals—an underdog squad that had barely squeaked into the playoffs—were down to their final strike when David Freese hit a game-tying triple—and then a game-winning home run in extra innings to win it. Down 3 games to 1 in the 2016 NBA finals against the reigning […]

Reward Raised to $15,000 for Information on Red Wolf Killing in North Carolina:

RALEIGH, N.C.— The Center for Biological Diversity today increased the reward to $15,000 for information leading to a successful prosecution in the illegal killing of an endangered red wolf in Washington County, North Carolina. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a $5,000 reward last week, and the Center is offering an additional $10,000. “We […]

Red Wolf Recovery Plan Released

The latest edition of the Recovery Plan for the Red Wolf is now available. (Third revision, Spetember 2023). You can download a copy here.  

New Red Wolf Recovery Plan Calls for More Reintroductions and Fewer Killings

New Red Wolf Recovery Plan

RALEIGH, N.C.— In response to a legal victory by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today issued a new recovery plan for the red wolf, the world’s most endangered canid. Today’s final plan calls for several measures to promote red wolf conservation, including the establishment of new wolf populations and […]