Government: Wild red wolf population could soon be wiped out [View all]
Source: Associated Press
Jonathan Drew, Associated Press
Updated 3:59 pm, Tuesday, April 24, 2018
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The only wild population of endangered red wolves is unsustainable and could be wiped out within years after dwindling to a few dozen, government officials said in a report Tuesday.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service review of the species' status estimates that only about 40 wolves remain in the wild in eastern North Carolina, down from a peak of about 120 a decade ago.
"The population cannot recover from their losses and overcome mortality resulting in a steadily declining population," the review states, predicting these wild wolves could vanish in as little as a decade.
Another 230 wolves live in zoos and wildlife facilities in what's considered a more stable captive population.
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