a red wolf at Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
coyote pups at Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, Louisville, Nebraska
a clouded leopard and Joel Sartore at Columbus Zoo, Powell, Ohio
an arctic fox at Great Bend Brit-Spaugh Zoo, Great Bend, Kansas
an African leopard at Houston Zoo, Texas
a Florida panther at Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, Florida
Mexican gray wolf at Endangered Wolf Center, Eureka, Missouri
a Malayan tiger at Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, Omaha, Nebraska
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Red WolfStatus: Critically Endangered Red wolves (Canis rufus) were declared extinct in the wild in 1980. Seven years later, the federal government began releasing captive-bred animals in eastern North Carolina, and today an estimated 75 to 100 roam the region. Some landowners, concerned about wolf predation, are protesting the restoration. Photographed at Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Buy a print | License this photo
PHOTOGRAPH BY JOEL SARTORE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE

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November 13, 2015

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