Tallahassee Museum Announces Birth of Baby Red Wolves

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WKRG) — The Tallahassee Museum announced the birth of a new litter of endangered red wolves.

Arrow, a 4-year-old red wolf, gave birth to two healthy cubs, a male and a female, on April 26. The father, Rainier, was born in the museum’s last litter in 2017.

This litter of red wolves is the fourth to be born at the Tallahassee museum since 1998.

After their final examination, Dr. Manuel at Forgotten Coast Animal Hospital said the puppies were healthy and developing well.

According to a release from the Tallahassee Museum, red wolf parents tend to keep their pups well protected in the den as they do in the wild, which is why the pups are usually not visible for two to three months after birth. .

“The Tallahassee Museum has been a key participant in the Red Wolf Species Survival Plan, now the U.S. Red Wolf SAFE (Saving Animals from Extinction) Project since 1988, following the
alarming decline of wild red wolves,” the release said. “At the time, fewer than 20 red wolves lived in the wild and were declared biologically extinct. »

The release also states that red wolves are the most endangered canids in the world, with fewer than 250 individuals on earth.