The Tallahassee Museum is thrilled to offer a very special opportunity for you to play a role in this conservation success story for the endangered red wolf.
In the early morning of April 26, 2024, four year old female, Arrow, birthed two healthy pups, one female and one male. This is Arrow and Rainier's first litter of puppies. Rainer was born from the last litter of pups at the Tallahassee Museum in 2017. This is the fourth litter to be born at the Tallahassee Museum since 1988. The two pups have spent the summer exploring and growing at the Tallahassee Museum.
We need your help selecting their names. Vote today!
Donations to vote in the Tallahassee Museum's Naming Fundraiser further the Museum’s mission - the Tallahassee Museum inspires people to transform their lives, community and the world through an enhanced understanding of our region’s natural and cultural environments. Each pair of names has been carefully selected and reflect one name for the female and one name for the male.
The Tallahassee Museum has been a key participant in the Red Wolf Species Survival Plan, now the American Red Wolf SAFE (Saving Animals from Extinction) Project since 1988, following the alarming decline of wild red wolves. At the time, fewer than 20 red wolves were in the wild and declared biologically extinct. This drastic population decrease was primarily due to hunting and habitat loss. The Tallahassee Museum was among the first national sites to work with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in a captive breeding program aimed to restore the red wolf population in the wild. As a partner in the American Red Wolf SAFE Project, the Museum strives to minimize human contact with the red wolves to promote avoidance behavior and support a healthy pack structure for their potential release into the wild. Red wolves are the most endangered canid in the world, with less than 250 on earth.
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