State and federal officials are asking the public’s help in finding the person responsible for fatally shooting a red wolf in northeastern North Carolina.
It is the first death of a red wolf this year but follows nine such incidents last year.
Young red wolves look a lot like coyotes, a nuisance predator that the state allows to be shot freely. Three conservation groups asked a federal court in December to stop coyote hunting in five coastal N.C. counties, saying the practice is leading to wolf killings.
Wildlife officials discover another wolf shot to death in NC | CharlotteObserver.com.