This video clip by Ranger Emily Lozen at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham shows how strong and coordinated these very young pups are. The red wolf habitat is steep in places and wooded as you can see. There is a little pond at the base for drinking and cooling off. The father wolf is attentive and watchful. The pups at this age attempt to follow their parents everywhere, and Dad encourages this. Notice that he returns immediately if a pup lags behind. Em says she could watch him all day

The red wolf (Canis rufus) is a critically endangered wolf native to the southeastern United States. He is probably the rarest wolf in the world with a population estimate of 20 – 22 wild wolves and a captive Red Wolf population of 263. The red wolf's classification as being a separate species from the gray wolf has been contentious for nearly a century, being classified either as a subspecies of the gray wolf, or a coywolf (a genetic admixture of wolf and coyote).He was finally declared his own