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For Rachel Knapton and all the children of Penn Yan Elementary School in Penn Yan, New York

Acknowledgments: The author would like to thank the following people for sharing their enthusiasm and expertise: Eric Albers,
red wolf curator, Akron Zoo, Akron, Ohio; Rebecca Bose, curator, Wolf Conservation Center, South Salem, New York; Dr. Kristin
E. Brzeski, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan; Dr. Joseph Hinton, Wolf Conservation Center, South Salem,
New York; Maggie Howell, former executive director, Wolf Conservation Center, South Salem, New York; Chris Lasher, Red Wolf
Species Survival Plan coordinator, North Carolina Zoo, Asheboro, North Carolina; LightHawk Conservation Flying coordinated
by Esther Duke (western program director) and Audrey Ek-Psomas (eastern program director), Grand Junction, Colorado; Joe
Madison, North Carolina program manager for Red Wolf Recovery Program, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Manteo, North Carolina;
Regina Mossotti, director of animal care and conservation at Endangered Wolf Center, Saint Louis, Missouri; Frank Steeves,
volunteer pilot for LightHawk, Appleton, Wisconsin; Dr. Ronald Sutherland, chief scientist, Wildlands Network, Salt Lake City,
Utah; Dr. Bridgett vonHoldt, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey; Kim Wheeler, executive director of the Red Wolf
Coalition, Columbia, North Carolina; Robert Wilcox, Museum of Life and Science, Durham, North Carolina.

A special thank-you to Skip Jeffery for his loving support during the creative process.

Text copyright © 2024 by Sandra Markle.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Markle, Sandra, author.
Title: The great wolf rescue : saving the red wolves / by Sandra Markle.
Description: Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2024] | Series: Sandra Markle’s science discoveries | Includes bibliographical
references and index. | Audience: Ages 9–12 | Audience: Grades 4–6 | Summary: “Red wolves had been hunted until only
fourteen survived in the wild. So scientists hatched a daring plan—capture all of the wild red wolves and breed them in
captivity. Discover the story of their recovery” —Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023021171 (print) | LCCN 2023021172 (ebook) | ISBN 9781728467962 (library binding) | ISBN 9798765619308 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Red wolf—Conservation—United States—Juvenile literature. | BISAC: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Wolves,
Coyotes & Wild Dogs
Classification: LCC QL737.C22 M3628 2024 (print) | LCC QL737.C22 (ebook) | DDC 599.773—dc23/eng/20230525
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023021171
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023021172
Manufactured in the United States of America
1-51837-50464-10/3/2023