Ten endangered red wolves were transported between North Carolina and New York Tuesday as part of a coordinated effort to preserve the critically endangered species.
Pilots to the Rescue — a nonprofit that uses volunteer pilots to transport animals — flew three red wolves from the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, New York, to Raleigh Regional Airport in Person County.
One of those wolves, Sassafras, was heading to another North Carolina facility. The other two, Mac and Sabine, were brought to the Museum of Life and Science in Durham.
The team then returned with a breeding pair of wolves and their five young pups from the museum. The seven wolves were transported by ground from New Jersey to the conservation center in New York…