In 1987, four pairs of red wolves were reintroduced into the Alligator River National Wildlife Rejuge in northeastern North Carolina. The maned wolf is an endangered South American canid. Population declines and loss of natural babitat has caused this species to be listed as endangered throughout most of its natural range. The Wild Canid Center currently houses two maned wolf pairs. This subspecies of the gray wolf once ranged through Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and the northern part of Mexico.
Mexican grays are the smallest and most endangered subspecies of the gray wolf.
Approximately 200 of these animals are alive today. In March of 1998 eleven of these wolves were reintroduced back into the wild. As of October 2000, approximately 31 wild wolves in seven different packs roam free in Arizona and New Mexico. The successful reintroduction of these beautiful canids is largely due to many years of Mexican gray births at the Wild Canid Center.