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Government: Wild red wolf population could soon be wiped out
April 24, 2018 05:32 PM
Updated 4 hours 20 minutes ago
RALEIGH, N.C.
The only wild population of endangered red wolves is unsustainable and could be wiped out within a decade 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.
