New Film on Scientific American
Running Wild Media partnered with Scientific American, the Endangered Wolf Center, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and a network of Mexican wolf recovery partners to tell the remarkable story of a single litter of pups—born in managed care at the Endangered Wolf Center and released into the wild to live out their lives.
In the early morning hours, staff at the Endangered Wolf Center gathered the pups, performed health checks, and carefully loaded them onto a plane bound for New Mexico. There, field biologists awaited to complete the final leg of their journey: introducing them to a wild den.
This project marks the first time an entire litter has been documented from birth to release, offering an unprecedented look at the on-the-ground efforts to save this species from extinction. Once declared extinct in the wild in the United States, the Mexican wolf population now numbers nearly 300, thanks to the dedication of these conservation teams.
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