ANOTHER CRITICALLY ENDANGERED ANIMAL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT!

Hello fellow animal lovers! I guess I have missed a few weeks of posting. All I can say is school kind of got in the way. Then, of course, I had a small family vacation. You know, a kid has to go where a parent goes. But I am BACK! And, I have an amazing animal to share with you. Here are a few hints:

• It's red
• It howls
• It is critically endangered
• It lives in swamps, forests, and wetlands
• It eats small mammals like rabbits, mice, and rats
• And, it was hunted to extinction in the wild in 1980

GIVE UP?

Meet the Red Wolf!

The red wolf is smaller than his cousin, the gray wolf. He lives in the southeastern part of the United States. In 1980, the red wolf was declared EXTINCT in the wild. But, thanks to a special captive breeding program, they were brought back into the wild. In 2010, there were 130 red wolves in the wild, and I hope the number keeps growing.

So why did they go extinct? They were hunted and trapped because people thought they were a threat to livestock. They also lost their habitat when trees were cut down for homes and agriculture. 

You can help the red wolf by learning more about them, and spreading the word so that we save them before they disappear. To find out more about how you can help them, please check out the following web pages.

Red Wolf Center

Wild Life Conservation Center

Some think this is cool, but I think it's cruel.