Archival Media

Below you will find a small collection of archival video and audio on the red wolf and wolves in North America that we have come across in our research.

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Archival Video

Red Wolf: The Road To Recovery by Point Defiance Zoo, 2014

This video features some fantastic archival USFWS footage from the 1970s and 80s. A great summary of the Red Wolf Recovery Program and the Species Survival Plan.

Steve & Trude visit North Caroline, where the Red Wolf is under threat of extinction. Great video from BBC show Vets in the Wild, 2009.

Recovering a Species - The Red Wolf Part 1

2003, by National Conservation Training Center USFWS

Courtesy USFWS

Recovering a Species - The Red Wolf Part 2

2003, by National Conservation Training Center USFWS

Courtesy USFWS

Wolves and the Wolf Men Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Films Incorporated // Publication date 1969 // Irwin Roster, director and producer // James Coburn, narrator

Discusses wolves in legend and reality and the people who study and raise them

Lords of Nature: Life in a Land of Great Predators Directed by Karen Anspacher-Meyer. The Video Project, 2009.

For centuries, humans have feared wolves, cougars and other top predators, driving them to the edge of extinction in our wildlands and prairies. But in recent years, scientists are learning that top predators play a vital role in maintaining healthy ecosystems, a critical reminder of the importance of preserving biodiversity.

Death of a Legend by National Film Board of Canada, 1971

Death of a Legend Examines the nature and plight of the wolf and relates it to the plight of other species of North American wildlife that have fallen afoul of predatory man and his technology.

In the Company of Wolves with Timothy Dalton, 1993

Actor Timothy Dalton and wolf expert David Mech travel from America's remote wolf habitats to Canada's barren Arctic wilderness in pursuit of a close encounter with wolves in the wild.