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Red Wolf: Scientific Name: Canis Rufis

Habitat and region- South east Texas and South west Louisiana border area. Can live in almost any habitat with adequate food sources and proper resources but mostly lives forests. They used to live in the coastal prairie marshes. They have been re-introduced back into North Carolina.

Food/Predators: Small animals such as nutria, rabbits, rodents and they sometime eat white tailed deer if they can kill one. The white tailed deer was absent in the Gulf Coast territory which might have had an effect on the population but scientists don't know. Nothing really eats it because it is usually around the top of the food chain in its habitat.

Reproduction: Their mating season is in the late winter and but start looking for a mate in late fall but then mate in the late winter. Gestation is usually 60-63 days and when they give birth, they give birth to 2-8 pups. The pups stay with their parents until they know how to hunt and defend themselves or stay until they become 3 or 4 years old. They only do this if they are born in the wild. If they are born in captivity then it is different, they are given extreme attention and are watch all day. The pups that are born in captivity are usually kept in captivity until the scientists finish their research on them and when they grow up to be old enough to survive in the wild.

Threat: The threat to red wolfs is hybridization with coyotes. That is when coyotes and red wolfs mate and create hybrid animals of red wolfs and coyotes which is mainly the biggest threat to the species. The hybrids that are created are very dangerous and cause a lot of trouble with the wolfs. Hybridization is causing inconsistent population numbers because it is hard to tell the difference between red wolf, coyote and a hybrid. Human threat isn't a big of threat to red wolfs as hybridization, but still plays a big part in the species. Most human accidents happened when the wolfs we re-introduced back in the wild in the 1980's. The human accidents mainly depend on the wolf itself and the way it behaves.

IUCN: The status of the red wolf is classified as Critically endangered D ver 3.1 which means there is less than 100 total animals and about 50 mature animals n the wild. There isn't just one group that is trying to save the red wolf. There are 33 facilities spread throughout the U.S that is breeding and raising wolves. There is about 175 wolves spread out between these facilities that are being held in captivity. There has been a law passed in North Carolina that has made hunting red wolf illegal and has put the wolf under federal protection because that is where the majority of the wolves are located.

What I would do: I would have a fundraiser or some kind of donation spot to where people could donate money and meat. I would send the money and meat to a rescue center in North Carolina. The meat would be for the wolves to be fed and the money would be for the workers so that they can buy whatever they need for the rescue. I would send all the money and meat we could raise. The spot would could be at a mobile vet so that people with animals can see that the wolves need help also, so then they would donate meat and money because they know they have to take care of their animals just like the wolves.







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Sources: iucnredlist.org defenders.org wikipedia.org hikeclimbsurfrun.com timesfreepress.com wolfsave.webs.com