After a really successful breeding season the Ethiopian Wolf Conservation program is thrilled to announce that 21 Ethiopian wolf packs have recently welcomed new arrivals. Their monitors have counted a grand total of 71 pups across the country! A great boost for this endangered species. The Born Free-supported Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme (EWCP) is celebrating a baby boom, with reports of 48 puppies being born and new packs established across their Bale Mountains territory. Fewer than 500 Ethiopian wolves remain, so every new birth recorded and every new pack brings renewed hope for the species.
Monitors in the Simien Mountains confirmed four packs breeding this year, and a total of 10 pups have been born – a five-fold increase on the two pups recorded last year! The new arrivals will add to the 20 wolves known to live in this area.
In Delanta in Ethiopia’s northern highlands, a brand new wolf family has been discovered recolonising the hills. In November 2019, after an absence of almost three years, EWCP were delighted to hear reports of an adult wolf in the area, and in January this year our team discovered a healthy wolf pair with a litter of six puppies! The family, named Addis Tesfa, or New Hope in Amharic, are significant because they are bringing new life to an area where wolves had previously become extinct due to habitat loss. The organization is thankful to everyone whose support makes their valuable work possible