Endangered Species Day is extra special this year - Red Wolves Martha and Oka have welcomed a pup! The boy, born on April 29, received a quick health exam today to confirm he's growing healthy and strong.
With just 26 Red Wolves known to remain in the wild, this pup is the future of his endangered species. Join us in celebrating! 🐺🐾🎉
In honor of #EndangeredSpeciesDay we’ve created a limited-edition collection that celebrates the essential role wolves play in the wild. Every purchase funds our work to protect endangered wolves.🐾
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Today we celebrate Endangered Species Day. 🐾
With less than 26 Red Wolves known to remain in the wild and Mexican gray wolves still fighting for recovery, these species remind us why your voice matters now more than ever.
Through education, advocacy, and continued recovery efforts, there is still hope for their future.
📣 Join us in advocating for endangered species today and everyday. Link in bio to take action.
🚨Reminder: Mexican gray wolves are still facing policy decisions that could shape their future.
H.R. 4255, misleadingly named the “Enhancing Safety for Animals Act of 2025”, remains a threat to the safety and recovery of Mexican gray wolves.
The bill relies on incorrect data and blatant misinformation when making the claim that Mexican gray wolves have met recovery criteria.
📣Take action and help speak up for Mexican gray wolves, link in bio.
In honor of pup season, we're putting your detective skills to the test! 🐾 See how many of our current and past ambassador wolves you can correctly identify from their pup photos. Answers at the end!
BREAKING: According to a new report by @theyellowstonian , a draft agreement between federal agencies could reopen public lands to the use of these indiscriminate poison devices on behalf of the livestock industry. The Trump administration appears poised to bring back “cyanide bombs”, deadly M-44 sodium cyanide devices once banned across 245 million acres of Bureau of Land Management lands because of the devastating risks they pose to wildlife, pets, and even people.
These devices do not distinguish between a coyote, wolf, fox, domestic dog, or endangered species. They eject sodium cyanide directly into an animal’s face when triggered. M-44s have killed countless non-target animals and sparked national outrage after a 14-year-old boy in Idaho accidentally triggered one in 2017, poisoning himself and killing his dog instantly. Conservation groups fought for years to secure protections against these devices on public lands — and now those safeguards may be dismantled.
For wolves and other predators, this is another escalation in the ongoing war against native wildlife. At a time when ecosystems are already under pressure from habitat loss, climate change, disease, and aggressive predator control policies, reintroducing cyanide bombs sends a chilling message: public lands are being managed for livestock interests, not ecological health or biodiversity. Predators are not disposable. Wolves are keystone species — and poisoning the landscape to eliminate carnivores threatens entire ecosystems, not just individual animals.
Indiscriminate lethal control destabilizes ecosystems and often fails to provide long-term solutions to livestock conflict. Yet instead of investing in proven nonlethal coexistence methods, federal agencies appear ready to revive one of the cruelest wildlife control methods ever deployed on American public lands.
Red wolves are one of the most endangered animals in the world, with only 26 known and collared left in the wild.🐺
Watch them live on our webcams or visit our site and learn more about the efforts to help save this critically endangered species, link in bio.🐾#saveredwolves
The strength of the wolf pack is Mom. ❤️🐺
Strong, protective, and nurturing, wolves embody the wild heart of motherhood. From caring for pups to guiding the pack, wolf mothers play an essential role in the lives of their families.
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the matriarchs and mother figures who make the world go round. Special wishes to the moms at the WCC: Trumpet, Belle, Martha, and Oak. 💐
A mother’s love and care is unmatched.❤️🐺
From nurturing their pups to guarding the den, wolf mothers play an essential role in helping their young thrive.🐾
Video: Red Wolf Oak and pup, 2025.
This #TeacherAppreciationWeek, we’re throwing it back to our beloved ambassador wolf, Atka! 🐺
As WCC’s oldest ambassador wolf (he lived to over 16 years old!), Atka helped teach hundreds of thousands of people to see wolves in a new light, not as symbols of fear, but as intelligent, social, and ecologically important animals.
Through every educational program, appearance, and interaction, Atka inspired curiosity, compassion, and a deeper understanding of wolves and conservation. Thank you for your lasting legacy, Atka. We will always remember you.💕
