The Red Wolf and the Endangered Species Act
The Red wolf is one of two species of wolves in North America, the other being the grey wolf, Canis lupus. Red wolves are known for the characteristics reddish color of their fur most apparent behind the ears and along the neck and legs but are mostly brown and buff colored with some black along the back. The average adult red wolf weight 45-80 pounds, stands about 26 inches at the shoulder and is about 4 feet long from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail. Red wolves are social animals that live in packs consisting of a breeding adult pair and their offspring of different years, which is eight animals. Red wolves are known to prey wild mammals like raccoon, rabbit, white-tailed deer, nutria, …show more content…
The red wolf populations decreased by the 1960s due to intensive predator control programs and loss of habitat. After being declared as an endangered species in 1973, efforts were to locate and capture as many wild red wolves as possible. Of the 17 remaining wolves captured by biologists, 14 became the founders of a successful captive breeding program. Which the United States Fish and Wildlife Service declared red wolves extinct in the wild in 1980. By 1987 enough red wolves were bred in captivity to begin restoring the population of red wolves which a program helped called the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge that is located in North …show more content…
To this day the red wolf population is growing really slow in North Carolina which the population is 30-35 red wolf's while in Alaska you get a higher growth rate of 7,000-11,2000 red wolves. Seeing the population is still undergoing a hard development of red wolf reproduction which makes the process really slow for the red wolf population. Since 1990 the recovery plan for the red wolf’s has not been updated because the wildlife of the red wolf's have been expanding the range in the wildlife but there is a path forward for the red wolves in the southeast. Having a close eye on the red wolf’s the rescue service is trying to save as many red wolves as possible so that they will not be lost in nature
The Red wolf is one of two species of wolves in North America, the other being the grey wolf, Canis lupus. Red wolves are known for the characteristics reddish color of their fur most apparent behind the ears and along the neck and legs but are mostly brown and buff colored with some black along the back. The average adult red wolf weight 45-80 pounds, stands about 26 inches at the shoulder and is about 4 feet long from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail. Red wolves are social animals that live in packs consisting of a breeding adult pair and their offspring of different years, which is eight animals. Red wolves are known to prey wild mammals like raccoon, rabbit, white-tailed deer, nutria, …show more content…
The red wolf populations decreased by the 1960s due to intensive predator control programs and loss of habitat. After being declared as an endangered species in 1973, efforts were to locate and capture as many wild red wolves as possible. Of the 17 remaining wolves captured by biologists, 14 became the founders of a successful captive breeding program. Which the United States Fish and Wildlife Service declared red wolves extinct in the wild in 1980. By 1987 enough red wolves were bred in captivity to begin restoring the population of red wolves which a program helped called the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge that is located in North …show more content…
To this day the red wolf population is growing really slow in North Carolina which the population is 30-35 red wolf's while in Alaska you get a higher growth rate of 7,000-11,2000 red wolves. Seeing the population is still undergoing a hard development of red wolf reproduction which makes the process really slow for the red wolf population. Since 1990 the recovery plan for the red wolf’s has not been updated because the wildlife of the red wolf's have been expanding the range in the wildlife but there is a path forward for the red wolves in the southeast. Having a close eye on the red wolf’s the rescue service is trying to save as many red wolves as possible so that they will not be lost in nature