Rhett

Rhett is named after a real wolf at the Wolf Conservation Center in New York!

One of our most popular Mexican gray wolves, Rhett was born at the California Wolf Center in 2008 and has lived an adventurous life. USFWS released him into the wild in 2013 with the hope that he would become the alpha male of Arizona's Bluestem pack after the previous alpha male was killed. Unfortunately, Rhett failed to capture the attention of the pack's alpha female so three weeks after his release he was placed back in captivity. While at USFWS's captive breeding center he was paired with a wild-born female and this pair was released in the spring. However, Rhett and his mate traveled in the wrong direction and ultimately ended up near human settlements in an area with very little natural prey. Similar to his previous release and capture, Rhett was once again placed in captivity and he has lived at the WCC ever since. In 2016, he was introduced to Mexican wolf Belle and their union proved fruitful: Belle gave birth to pups in the spring of 2016! The pair bond between Rhett and Belle proved to be quite strong, as Belle gave birth to yet another litter of pups in 2017! Although the family resides off-exhibit at the WCC, webcam watchers love observing the dynamic relationships between the members of the multigeneration pack.