Red wolves return to Oglebay Good Zoo

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Oglebay’s Good Zoo is helping to raise red wolves again, the second-most endangered mammal in the United States.

The red wolf is one of the world’s most endangered wolves. Once common throughout the Eastern and South Central United States, red wolf populations were decimated by the early 20th century as a result of intensive predator control programs and the degradation and alteration of the species’ habitat.

The Good Zoo cared for the wolves in the past, with 21 pups being born between 1996 and 2006, according to a press release. 

“Conservation is an important part of the work we do at Oglebay’s Good Zoo. Breeding the wolves in human care has been coordinated with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service since the late 1980s in an attempt to save the species,” said the director of the Good Zoo. “With any luck, given our past success, wolves that are reared here at Oglebay will be part of that reintroduction process.”

https://www.theintelligencer.net/news/community/2020/06/return-of-the-red-wolves-at-oglebay/, https://www.fws.gov/southeast/wildlife/mammals/red-wolf/

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