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Record spring boosts N.C. red wolf numbers
North Carolina - Red wolf biologists have something to howl about. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service reports a record 55 red wolf pups in 11 litters were born in northeastern North Carolina this spring. Two wild red wolf mothers adopted two female pups placed in their dens. The sister pups were selected for their rare genes as part of the program to recover the federally protected endangered species.
The pups were recently transferred from a captive facility on Bulls Island at Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge north of Charleston.More than 100 red wolves roam 1.5 million acres in Dare, Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell and Washington counties, the only wild population of the species.