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In June and July we lost 3 of 4 SSP captive red wolves released into the NC population and 2 older wild red wolves. All appear to be due to vehicular strikes, except one.
From FWS.GOV:
In April 2021, four adult SSP red wolves (two males and two females) arrived in the North Carolina to be released into the non-essential population area.
On June 3, 2021, the female red wolf from the acclimation pen on Pocosin Lakes NWR was found dead on the edge of a rural road within the NC NEP. Initial evidence at the mortality site was indicative of a vehicle strike.
On June 27, 2021, the male red wolf released from the acclimation pen on Alligator River NWR was found dead, and on June 30, 2021, the female red wolf released from the acclimation pen on Alligator River NWR was found dead.
Again, evidence at both scenes was suggestive of a vehicle strike.
In summary, three of the four captive red wolves released from the SSP under the Service’s Amended Plan to Release Red Wolves into the North Carolina Non-essential Experimental Population have died. One male red wolf from these releases remains on the landscape.
On July 6, 2021, during a routine monitoring flight, wild red wolf 2186, a 5-year old male, was detected in “mortality mode” (GPS collar emits signal indicating no movement in 8 hours) just north of Lake Mattamuskeet in a field on privately owned lands. A ground-based search crew was able to locate the carcass. This animal was heavily scavenged therefore a COD may not be possible.
On July 7, 2021, the Service was notified of an orange-collared canid, dead by the side of the road. Follow-up confirmed this to be red wolf 2044, an 8-year old male born in the wild that was translocated from Alligator River NWR to Pocosin Lakes NWR a few years ago.
Necropsy results are pending at this time for all of the above deaths.

From: www.fws.gov/southeast/wildlife/mammals/red-wolf/