Endangered Wolf Center Welcomes Its First Litter

June 14, 2012 3:00 PM

We have swift fox kits at the Endangered Wolf Center!! Three kits (all three could fit in one hand) were born on May 11th—very appropriately, on Mother’s Day weekend! This litter represents many “firsts”! This is the first ever litter born to a trio (1 male + 2 female adults) in managed care! This is the first time breeding behavior has ever been photographed with swift foxes! This is the first litter born to these parents! This is the only litter born in captivity this year or last! If you would like to symbolically adopt these tiny kits to help save their species, call (636) 938-5900 to sign up!

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EUREKA, Mo. (AP) — For the first time in 12 years, the Endangered Wolf Center is welcoming its first litter of swift foxes.

The suburban St. Louis center says the kits were born Mother’s Day weekend. A “breeding trio” consisting of the mother, father and a second female will help raise the kits, a practice common in the wild but rare in captivity.

Swift foxes were once critically endangered but have made a comeback. The Endangered Wolf Center and other members of the Swift Fox Conservation Team have played a role in their rebirth, reintroducing the species to its historic range in Canada.