The two new pups were named in honor of a zookeeper who passed away last year.
was born on April 21. All seven of the new arrivals are said to be healthy and doing well.
The newest pups, named Arrow and May, were named in honor of former North Carolina Zoo keeper Jessi Culbertson, 32, who worked with the red wolves for several years before passing away in 2019 after a courageous battle with cancer. Arrow is named in honor of Culbertson’s Native American Cherokee heritage, and May, for the birth month of both Culbertson and the pups.Arrow and May bring the North Carolina Zoo's red wolf pack up to 27 wolves.
Every American red wolf birth is cause for celebrations since there are only 15-20 American red wolves left in the wild, according to the zoo, and all of them live in eastern North Carolina. “It’s really a testament to the staff’s dedication, teamwork, and passion toward helping one of the most endangered canids in the world,” Susi H. Hamilton, secretary of N.C. Dept. of Natural and Cultural Resources, said of the zoo's new litters.
American red wolves, once common throughout the southeastern United States, were driven to the brink of extinction in the 1960s. Thanks to aggressive conservation efforts from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and zoos across the country, American red wolf populations in the wild and in captivity are growing.
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