Sioux Falls zoo renovates habitat for world's most endangered wolf

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The Sioux Falls Zoo & Aquarium has renovated its habitat for the critically endangered American red wolf.

Fewer than 25 American red wolves remain in the wild, with about 241 living in managed care facilities.

The new 12,500-square-foot habitat is designed to support breeding and keep the wolves wild for potential reintroduction.

On World Wildlife Conservation Day , Dec. 4, Great Plains Zoo staff, Greater Chamber of Commerce members and others in the community huddled together in the South Dakota below-zero windchill elements. The residents inside the newly renovated American red wolves habitat reveled in its wintry glory.

The Sioux Falls Zoo & Aquarium (SFZA) recently completed renovating the species-specific habitat for the critically endangered American red wo