CHICAGO (AP) – Four pups of a critically endangered species of wolf have been born at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo.
The zoo says in a news release the two male and two female red wolf pups were born April 13 – the first new litter or red wolf pups at the zoo in nearly a decade.
Curator Dan Boehm says the arrival of the pups come at a time when scientists estimate there are fewer than 30 red wolves left in their native habitat of North Carolina.
The wolves – named for their red-tinged fur -have over the years been driven to the brink of extinction by hunting. The zoo is taking part with other zoos a Red Wolf Species Survival plan to increase the red wolf population.
