RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Federal officials plan to announce whether they will continue, change or end a program in North Carolina to maintain the only wild population of endangered red wolves. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans a conference call Tuesday to say what it will do with the program, an announcement that’s been delayed several times. Officials have …
Alaska Confirms Massive Decline in Rare Wolves, Still Plans to Hunt Them
Alaska Confirms Massive Decline in Rare Wolves, Still Plans to Hunt Them Another harvest could do irreversible damage to the wolf population. Alexander Archipelago wolf. (Photo: Facebook) JUN 20, 2015 Samantha Cowan is TakePart’s associate culture and lifestyle editor. Bio In 1994, southeast Alaska was home to about 300 Prince of Wales wolves, a subspecies ofAlexander Archipelago wolves. By 2013, …
Key Population of Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago Wolves Nearly Wiped Out in 1 Year – Extinction Countdown
Key Population of Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago Wolves Nearly Wiped Out in 1 Year By John R. Platt | June 11, 2015 These are dire times for one of the world’s rarest wolf subspecies. Over the past year one of the most important populations* of Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago wolves (Canis lupus ligoni) has plummeted from 221 to as low as 60, according to data …
Alaska Confirms 60 Percent Decline in Rare Wolf Population, Still Plans Trapping and Hunting Season
Alaska Confirms 60 Percent Decline in Rare Wolf Population, Still Plans Trapping and Hunting Season SITKA, Alaska— The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is planning a 2015-2016 trapping and hunting season on rare Alexander Archipelago wolves in the Prince of Wales Island area, despite scientific data confirming a 60 percent decline in the wolf population in just one year. The population of …