00:05The Red Wolf's Last Stand in North Carolina's Coastal Wilderness
00:08The Red Wolf survives in only one U.S. state.
00:12In North Carolina's Albemarle Peninsula, red wolves move through Parkinson wetlands,
00:17pine forests, farm fields, and quiet rural roads.
00:19A red wolf pads through Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge,
00:23where tracking collars help biologists follow the last wild population.
00:26The Red Wolf once ranged across the southeastern United States,
00:30but hunting, habitat loss, and coyote breeding pushed it toward collapse.
00:34In 1987, federal biologists released red wolves in eastern North Carolina,
00:39giving the species a second chance in the wild.
00:41A red wolf pack hunts deer, rabbits, raccoons, and rodents,
00:45using sharp noses and long legs to move through thick coastal brush.
00:49A red wolf den hides pups beneath roots and sandy soil,
00:52while adult wolves carry food back through forest cover.
00:55Coyotes now cross the same North Carolina roads and fields,
00:58creating confusion for people and breeding risks for red wolf recovery.
01:02Vehicles kill red wolves on rural highways,
01:05where headlights, pavement, and nighttime movement turn migration routes into danger zones.
01:09Conservation teams set camera traps, check radio signals, and study tracks
01:13to separate red wolves from coyotes in the field.
01:17The red wolf still howls across eastern North Carolina,
01:20but every breeding pair matters when numbers stay dangerously low.
01:23On one dark Carolina road,
01:25a single red wolf crossing can carry the future of an entire species.
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