The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) continues to rely upon a flawed and inadequate program to conserve struggling red wolves of North Carolina, and the results have been heartbreaking.
Defenders of Wildlife has filed suit in federal court to compel Fish and Wildlife Service to follow the conservation mandate under the Endangered Species Act and reverse these endangered wolves’ rapid slide toward extinction. The Fish and Wildlife Services were started so they may protect and save all species from extinction, and too investigate the ruthless slaughter of our wildlife. Laws were enacted and they are federally mandated to keep species on the Endangered Species List, and to foster the program to the maximum. They are not to decide for themselves, what species and where to slaughter, or delist willfully.
It’s increasingly clear that they have all but abandoned the roughly 50-75 red wolves that are clinging to survival in the coastal forests of eastern North Carolina.
Recently, a mother red wolf was shot and killed – with FWS permission! No effort was made to move the animal onto protected land, or to try other non-lethal methods.
Over 60 red wolves have been lost to gunshots, vehicle strikes and other factors since 2012, reducing the population by more than 50 percent.
Over the past decade, Fish and Wildlife Service has fallen willfully short in its legally-mandated efforts to foster the recovery of these beautiful and secretive animals. Red wolves once roamed from Pennsylvania to Florida. Today, as few as 50-75 animals survive in the wild in a small part of eastern North Carolina.
The Defenders of Wildlife are fighting to save the red wolves and other imperiled species and their habitats. Join Jamie Rappaport Clark, President and become a Defender to help protect and save our Wolves! Mahalo
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