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Sammy Fretwell

Rare wolves headed to South Carolina from Ohio as fight to prevent extinction ramps up

By next spring, visitors to a South Carolina nature preserve may get a glimpse of one of the world’s rarest animals.

Brookgreen Gardens expects three red wolves to be shipped from a zoo in Ohio to the Georgetown County nature center as part of an effort to revive the critically imperiled species in South Carolina and other states.

The plan is to breed red wolves in captivity at Brookgreen for display at zoos or for release in eastern North Carolina and, possibly, in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.

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