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A female red wolf cautiously returns to her den Markle

and crawls inside to check on her young. The Great WoLf ReSCue North America’s rarest

Sandra Markle is the author
of numerous award-winning books In addition to her own pups, she is fostering zoo-born red wolf pups. She wolf species, the
for children. A former elementary is one of a small number of red wolves living in this forested part of North
teacher, she is a nationally known Carolina—the last bit remaining of the vast area red wolves once called home. red wolf, was on the
science education consultant and Most of the other red wolves live in captivity in facilities across the United brink of extinction.
has developed science specials for States. Pup fostering is one of the strategies conservationists are using to
CNN and PBS and an award-winning, help the captive red wolf population transition to successfully living wild.
internet-based education program At one time, red wolves
for the National Science Foundation. Can greater numbers of red wolves live free again? Saving the roamed the United States
Markle lives in Florida with her from southern New York to
husband, photographer Skip Jeffery. as far south as Florida and
To learn more about Markle, visit The Great WoLf ReSCue as far west as Texas. But as
sandra-markle.blogspot.com. Red Wolves European settlers moved in,
these wolves began losing
“This feel-good their home range and were
environmental hunted as a threat.
story describes
how members of a Red wolves became so rare
threatened giraffe
species were safely by 1973 that they were
transported across the given protection under the
Victoria Nile River to start a new herd. . . . US Endangered Species Act.
[E]fficiently and engagingly told.” Then scientists came up with
—Kirkus Reviews
a daring plan: round up all
“[A]n effective Saving the Red Wolves remaining red wolves, launch a
introduction to captive breeding program, and
Gobi bears and the
scientists working to once the captive population
save them.” was large enough, release
—Booklist red wolves to roam free in
protected areas.

Follow along as scientists,
conservationists, and wildlife
Front cover: Mark Newman/Getty Images; experts join forces to help red
Esra Sen Kula/Getty Images.
Back cover: Marcia Straub/Getty Images. AN IMPRINT OF LERNER PUBLISHING GROUP wolves live wild again.

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