CRISIS: Red Wolf Extinctoin Alert
Ben Parker- Defenders of Wild Life
The facts are clear and heartbreaking.
Unless something happens soon, the critically endangered red wolf will go extinct in the wild in a matter of years.
Only about 50 red wolves survive in the wild, all within five counties in northeastern North Carolina.
URGENT: Please donate to save red wolves and the wildlife you love.
As you may know, these shy nocturnal predators once roamed from Pennsylvania to Florida. The red wolf was declared extinct in the wild in 1980. In 1987, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) reintroduced captive red wolves back into the wild in an effort to restore these predators.
But under constant pressure from a vocal minority, FWS has not followed through to make recovery possible. And now, wild red wolf numbers are plummeting.
Earlier this month, Defenders announced our withdrawal from the FWS-sponsored Red Wolf Recovery Team. The team was supposed to be the catalyst to spur red wolf recovery. But in reality, the team was not organized in a way that would allow it to succeed.
With your support, Defenders will keep up our efforts to save these iconic wolves. Your donations have enabled us to go to court multiple times to protect red wolves and ensure their recovery in the wild. Our field team is on the ground in red wolf country working with landowners, government officials and other stakeholders.
Won’t you donate today to help save red wolves and other wildlife you love?
This is a preventable extinction, and we mean to prevent it. With your help, we will.
Red Wolves on the Brink
These shy nocturnal predators are plummeting toward extinction in the wild
Thanks for all your help.
Sincerely,
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Ben Prater Director, Southeast Program Defenders of Wildlife |
