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New hope for the critically endangered red wolf with the birth of a new litter of six pups at coastal North Carolina’s Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge.

Chapel Hill, NC —Following a successful legal battle, conservation groups hope the recent release of nine highly endangered red wolves into the wild is the first of many steps by the US Fish and Wildlife Service needed to save the world’s rarest canids that now number as few as 15 known animals in the wild.

Born in New York, Deven has been released into the wild in eastern North Carolina. “The Wolf Conservation Center is thrilled that red wolf Deven s a part of this vital recovery mission,” said Maggie Howell, executive director of the center. “Deven is now a living, breathing part of the southeastern landscape, and his story will help inspire children and adults alike to care about red wolves and support the active efforts to save them.” (Photo: Wolf Conservation Center) They’ve waited their whole lives for this moment. Four adult red wolves were released into a wildlife refuge in ea...

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McEachin leads more than 30 House colleagues in effort to save the American Red Wolf Published Friday, Mar. 5, 2021, 10:10 am Join AFP's 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP | Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com Front Page » Government/Politics » Politics2 » McEachin leads more than 30 House colleagues in effort to save the American Red Wolf (© Mark Kostich – stock.adobe.com) The wild American red wolf population, which consistently numbered over 100 wolves between 2002 and 2014, has now b...