Each one, much too important to lose
July 1, 2021
Update to original story
Those words echoing again with news of yet two more roadway fatalities. More red wolves taken too soon.
On the heels of the death of red wolf 2216, two more wolves are now victims of roadway deaths this year. Four red wolves no longer part of the pack.
Recently released from an acclimation pen at Alligator River NWR, red wolves 2236, a male from the Wolf Conservation Center in New York, and 2310, a female from the Endangered Wolf Center in Missouri, were killed earlier this week.
Their deaths are reminders of the difficulties the Service and their partners with the Species Survival Plan (SSP) program face in creating a thriving population of red wolves in this stretch of northeastern North Carolina. A population the Service and SSP partners hope to keep from dipping into single digits.