![]() ![]() By the late 1960s, it occurred in small numbers in the Gulf Coast of western Louisiana and eastern Texas.įourteen of these survivors were selected to be the founders of a captive-bred population, which was established in the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium between 19. The red wolf was nearly driven to extinction by the mid-1900s due to aggressive predator-control programs, habitat destruction, and extensive hybridization with coyotes. Red wolves were originally distributed throughout the southeastern and south-central United States from the Atlantic Ocean to central Texas, southeastern Oklahoma and southwestern Illinois in the west, and in the north from the Ohio River Valley, northern Pennsylvania, southern New York, and extreme southern Ontario in Canada south to the Gulf of Mexico. Since 1996, the IUCN has listed the red wolf as a Critically Endangered species however, it is not listed in the CITES Appendices of endangered species. Fish and Wildlife Service currently recognizes the red wolf as an endangered species and grants it protected status. Under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the U.S. Because of this, it is sometimes excluded from endangered species lists, despite its critically low numbers. The red wolf's taxonomic classification as being a separate species has been contentious for nearly a century, being classified either as a subspecies of the gray wolf Canis lupus rufus, or a coywolf (a genetic admixture of wolf and coyote). Its size is intermediate between the coyote ( Canis latrans) and gray wolf ( Canis lupus). 51 Issue 33, p22.The red wolf ( Canis rufus) is a canine native to the southeastern United States. 102Įliminate red wolf program.” Human Events, 8/25/95, Vol. “ Court Upholds Government's Right To Protect RedĮnds in the Smokies.” By: Lee, David N.B. “ Predicting Red Wolf Release Success in theīy: Van Manen, Frank T. Wildlife Society Bulletin, Fall 2005, Vol. “From the Field: Implementing recovery of the red wolf - integrating research scientists and managers.” By: Stoskopf, Michael K. Red Wolf." Official Site of the Red Wolf Sanctuaryĥ. Wolf ( Canis rufus)." National Parks Conservation Association. Red List of Threatened Species Canis Rufus." ICUN. Hopefully the red wolf will continue to bred and survive in the wild and onceĪgain be a thriving animal on the east coast of North America. The program would allow about 1 millionĭollars to support research and efforts to re-introduce the red wolf into theĪs the amount of red wolves are released into the wild and bred inĬaptivity, there has been a positive population trend in the past fewĬonservation of the red wolf, and increased funding to red wolf programs, Gained some support in 1996 by the senate who upheld a red wolf program. Fish and Wild-life Service to protect endangered red wolves thatīig step to help boost the population of the red wolf in the areas where it is In 2000, a federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia, Another important threat to the red wolf is accidental mortality due to ![]() One of the greatest threats to the red wolf is humanĭevelopment of their habitat (3). On occasion with help from other wolves, they They live in small packs, which are usually smaller then those of theĬonsist of a diet of rabbits, raccoons, and other rodents. Red wolves need between 10 and 100 square The last remaining red wolves lived in coastal and marsh areas, this is where they are being reintroduced today. North Carolina and the Great Smoky Mountains National Reintroduced is the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in ![]() Today, one of the main areas they are being The eastern United States and could be found from Pennsylvania to Florida and Red wolf weighs between forty and eighty pounds. It is much smaller then the gray wolf, but a Red wolf’s coat ranges from a cinnamon red, to gray and black. Wolves in captivity at zoos across the country.Ĭlose relatives the gray wolf and the coyote. ![]() These reintroduction programs there are now fifty to eighty individuals in the Wolves were officially declared extinct in the wild. Fish and Wildlife Service to be bred in captivity. In 1980 there were fewer than twenty wolves Hunting have brought this animal to near extinction. The red wolf is one of the rarest and most endangered in the Biodiversity and Conservation Student Steven Hoelzer ![]()
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