ASHEBORO — The Zoo is seeking help from the public in naming six American red wolf pups born in April, the North Carolina Zoo said in a news release.
The North Carolina Zoo said that three litters of red wolves, a total 12 pups, were born over three days at the end of April 2021. All of the pups and their mothers are healthy and doing well, zoo officials said.
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A dozen red wolf pups, spread among three litters, were born at the North Carolina Zoo in late April.
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An employee of the North Carolina Zoo holds one of a dozen red wolf pups born at the zoo in late April. Zoo officials said only 15 to 20 red wolves remain in the wild, all in eastern North Carolina.
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The health of a red wolf pup born at the North Carolina Zoo is checked. Zoo officials say all 12 of the pups born in late April, as well as their mothers, are doing well.
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Employees hold some of the red wolf pups born at the North Carolina Zoo this spring.
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This is the first time in the North Carolina Zoo’s breeding program that three litters of red wolf pups were born in one spring.
