This is CODE RED , a free, fully-website with important information and facts about the red wolves.They are critically endangered

Factoid: Red wolves tend to form pair-bonds for life.

Population: Once hunted to the brink of extinction, in 1980 fewer than 20 wolves were rounded up by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to be bred in captivity. , enough animals had been bred to begin a reintroduction program. Thanks to these programs, there are currently 50 to 80 red wolves in the wild.

Threats: Threats to the red wolf include habitat loss because of human development and illegal hunting.

Survival: It is estimated that red wolves live four years in the wild and up to 14 years in captivity.

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Posted by wolftech on August 15,2010:

wolftech: "The worse threath to these wolves is mankind"

Red Wolf Recovery in the U.S.

The Red Wolf ( Canis rufus )

Wolf Haven International's involvement with the Red Wolf Species Survival Plan (SSP) is an exciting addition to working toward our mission of "Working for wolf conservation." A Species Survival Plan is a partnership between cooperating facilities, the American Zoological Association and, in the case of red wolves, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Wolf Haven has been a cooperator in the Red Wolf SSP since May 2003 and our first litter of red wolf pups was born in early spring of 2005.