RALEIGH – A revised population estimate puts the world’s only wild population of endangered red wolves at their lowest level since the late 1990s amid recent moves to protect the bigger, predatory relatives of dogs from hunters’ misdirected bullets. Once common in the Southeast, the red wolf had been considered extinct in the wild as of 1980 for reasons including …
The Outer Banks Voice – Release of red wolves suspended as program is re-evaluated
Release of red wolves suspended as program is re-evaluated By Sam Walker on June 30, 2015 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is suspending new releases of red wolves bred in captivity until a full re-evaluation is done on the program that brought back the endangered predators to eastern North Carolina. Estimates are that there are 50 to 100 red wolves living …
Red wolf found shot to death in NC
Red wolf found shot to death in NC TYRRELL COUNTY, NC-Red wolves are protected by federal law, but 10 have apparently been shot to death – nine last year and one just last week. The wolf, with a radio collar, was found dead on January 7 in Tyrrell County. The incident is under investigation by the U.S. Fish and …
Feds won’t introduce any more red wolves to the wild while they consider changes to program
wolves to the wild while they consider changes to program Published June 30, 2015Facebook Twitter RALEIGH, N.C. – Federal officials say they won’t add any more red wolves to the wild while they consider changes to a program that reintroduced the once-extinct carnivore. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday afternoon that it would continue to manage the …