- FILE – A red wolf crosses a road on the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, March 23, 2023, near Manns Harbor, N.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
In this frame from video, grass grows tall in a wildlife crossing created by elevating a portion of U.S. 64 near Creswell, N.C., on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
In this photo provided by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission, a coyote walks under U.S. 64 near Creswell, N.C., on March 9, 2023. (NC Wildlife Resources Commission via AP)
Male red wolf No. 2444 lies dead along U.S. 64 after being struck by a vehicle near Manns Harbor, N.C., on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP)
A sign and map station mark “red wolf country” in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge near Manns Harbor, N.C., on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
Joe Madison, head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s red wolf program, poses for a photo outside the Red Wolf Center in Columbia, N.C., on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
Joe Madison, head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s red wolf program, sits behind a stuffed red wolf stands in the Red Wolf Center in Columbia, N.C., on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
FILE – A vehicle drives under a wildlife crossing that allows animals to go over a highway in Silva Jardim, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, July 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Lucas Dumphreys, File)
FILE – This photo shows the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing over the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills, Calif., Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
FILE – A construction worker looks over the 101 Freeway from the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing in Agoura Hills, Calif., Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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FILE – A red wolf crosses a road on the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, March 23, 2023, near Manns Harbor, N.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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UPDATED:
There are now thought to be fewer than 20 red wolves left in the wild.
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