Invest in red wolf recovery and track its success for years! The Red Wolf Coalition and the US Fish and Wildlife Service invite you to become a full partner in red wolf restoration. For every gift of $500.00, we will inscribe your name or the name of your organization onto a new radio telemetry collar just before it is fitted on a wild red wolf. Once the radio collar has been fitted onto a red wolf we will send you a picture of your adopted wolf, plaster track cast and any information we have on your wolf's history. We will continue to send you updates annually through the mail, and we also post the updates on our website for the life of your adopted wolf.
After your personalized collar does its job, and if it can be retrieved by the Red Wolf Recovery Team biologists, the inscribed name plate will be shipped to you for permanent safe keeping and education. To order an adoption or for more information, please contact us at redwolf@redwolves.com or 252.796.5600.
Wolf #11001 (male)
Wolf 11001 was the very first adopted wild red wolf and has lead the most stable life of all our adopted wolves. He was first captured as a pup in Tyrrell County. After the death of both the alpha male and alpha female, his father and mother, he took over as the alpha male. He has remained the alpha male for several years and for most of 2002 he was paired with the same female for that same amount of time. However, his mate died of an unknown cause towards the end of 2002. In an effort to increase wild red wolf numbers in eastern North Carolina, the US Fish and Wildlife Service biologists relocated another female red wolf in 11001’s territory. The two wolves have been seen together since that pairing but they have failed to produce a litter of puppies this breeding season.
Wolf #11167 (male)
11167 was a male red wolf captured first as an adult and his natal pack in unknown. A local trapper first captured him in January 2002. He was a very healthy 67 pounds at the time of his capture and not much was known about his life. US Fish and Wildlife Service biologists were tracking his movements to determine if he had an established territory and mate or if he was a dispersing wolf wandering through the recovery range. A few months after his initial capture he was found dead from unknown causes over ten miles away from the original capture location.
Wolf #11073 (female)
11073 is a female red wolf born in Hyde County, NC in April 2000. She dispersed from her natal pack as a yearling (roughly 18 months of age) to Washington County, NC. US Fish and Wildlife Service biologists captured her early in 2002. Because lone female red wolves are very valuable to the reintroduction program, the biologists held her temporarily in an acclimation pen on Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in an attempt to pair her with a resident lone male red wolf. Unfortunately, biologists do not make good matchmakers and wolf 11073 apparently did not care for the resident male wolf and she promptly moved west of her release location and is now believed to be paired with a male red wolf back in Washington County, NC. It is not believed at the time of this writing that wolf 11073 and her new mate have produced a litter of puppies this year.
Wolf #10904 (female)
10904 was born on Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in April 1997 and was first captured by US Fish and Wildlife Service biologists as a pup the following December. 10904 has remained in her natal home range and with the death of the alpha female, her mother, 10904 has taken over as alpha female of the River Pack. She is currently paired with a male red wolf recently introduced to the area from the Bull’s Island red wolf propagation site located off the coast of South Carolina.
