A captive red wolf at Point Defiance Zoo in Washington.Photo:Â Rebecca Bartel, USFWS
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission are requesting assistance with an investigation involving the suspected illegal take of a radio-collared red wolf that was recently found dead. The federally protected red wolf was found with an apparent gunshot wound on Tuesday, January 7, 2014, southwest of Columbia, in Tyrrell County, North Carolina
via Federal and State Officials Request Assistance in Investigation of Gunshot Red Wolf.