WOLVES! RED © Greg Koch. Wolf habitats Wolves? © Greg Koch.

WOLVES!RED

© Greg Koch

Wolf habitats

Wolves?

© Greg Koch

At the zoo we have… Red wolves

Where are the red wolves? Only 14 left 30 years ago

© Barron Crawford

What do wolves need? Food Water Shelter Space

Why are they endangered?

Coyotes!

Why are they important?Top predators –

control populations of deer, raccoons and other small mammals

Why are they important? Top predators – control

populations of deer, raccoons and other small mammals

They are an ENDANGERED species worth saving!!

Helping red wolves Breeding - 1969 1st pup in 1977 ~100 in wild now ~150 in zoos Goal: stable wild population

© Greg Koch

What else can we do? Put them back in the wild!

© Barron Crawford

Not “the end”… it’s a beginning!

Red Wolf SSP Education

Program created by education staff at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Tacoma, Washington

For more information contact: Craig Standridge Pamela Meyer

Red Wolf SSP Education Advisor Red Wolf SSP Education Advisor

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium Wild Canid Survival & Research Center

5400 North Pearl Street PO Box 760

Tacoma, WA 98407 Eureka, MO 63025

(253)-404-3690 (636)-938-5900

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