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What’s cuter than one wolf pup?
TheNorth Carolina Zooannounced the arrival of nine critically endangered red wolf pups in early May 2023.
Thered wolf,Canis rufus, is a species of wolf with a reddish tinge on its grey-brown fur.
Adult Red Wolf. (Photo:Wikimedia Commons,CC BY-SA 2.0)
Weighing 4580 pounds, they travel in packs and hunt mammals such as deer and rodents.
Now critically endangered, only an estimated 15 to 17 live in the wild in North Carolina.
Around 235 live in captivity.
The nine new pups in North Carolina will be raised away from zoo visitors.
At the zoo, the pups are carefully watched to ensure they are healthy.
Each pup is weighed, sexed, and identified by its white blaze chest patch.
Veterinarians will check back every two weeks.
Nine critically endangered red wolf pups were born to two wolf families at the North Carolina Zoo.
This is critical for the species, only 15 of which live in the wild.
