Month: November 2019

Gifts that Give Back to the Wolves Share your love for wolves this holiday season! Find wonderfully wild items for people of all ages in the Wolf Conservation Center online store. Are you looking for the perfect gift for the wolf enthusiast in your life? Symbolically adopt one of the 50 wolves in our care…

On this Thanksgiving day, we give our thanks to wolves – may they remind us of the most important things in life. Thank you to Zephyr, Alawa, and Nikai, the WCC’s ambassador wolves who serve as teachers and representatives – through them, a global audience learns about and appreciates their wild kin.  Thank you to…

Another pup is undergoing treatment as private trapping continues to take a toll on endangered species and public lands For immediate release – November 27, 2019 Media Contacts: Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians (505) 795-2895 Maggie Howell, Wolf Conservation Center (914) 763-2373 Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520) 623-1878 Mary Katherine Ray, Rio Grande Chapter of…

Adventure awaits critically endangered red wolf Moose, Jr.!  Today, the four year old wolf (also known as “MJ” or M2119) bid farewell to his brother Tyke and to the WCC – the only home he’s ever known – and journeyed to the Roger Williams Zoo in Rhode Island. Although the parting was bittersweet, it’s an…

Only fourteen red wolves are left in the wild. Today, in letters obtained by Defenders of Wildlife, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources urged U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to immediately “take action to increase the existing wild red wolf population”. This isn’t the governor’s first…

The Himalayan wolf is an evolutionarily distinct wolf lineage found in the high-altitude habitats of the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau in Asia. This wolf lineage has been largely overlooked until recently by science and conservation. But we are now learning based on the wide evidence that they deserve taxonomic recognition and require conservation action. In…

This year’s online auction features just a few of the incredible items available via silent bid at Wine and Wolves, including original paw prints from critically endangered wolves, a beautiful watercolor painting of ambassador wolf Nikai by Melissa Fischer, and more! The online auction will run until 5:00 P.M. on December 3rd. All online items…

The strength of the wolf is family! Wolves are highly social animals that live in well-organized family units called packs (often referred to as “family groups”). Cooperative living gives wolf families a number of benefits – it facilitates successful hunting, pup-rearing, defending pack territory, and more. This Mexican gray wolf family is eleven members strong…

When it comes to wolves, it’s all about family.  At about six and a half months of age, Mexican gray wolf pups have undergone dramatic growth and have disproportionately large paws and heads. Their eyes have changed from blue to striking yellow-gold, and their winter fur and adult guard hairs are apparent. Although they’re not…

November 15, 2019 –  House Appropriations Chairwoman Nita Lowry (NY) has reintroduced a federal bill, the “Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act” which seeks to end the use of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act would prohibit the use of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System.…