[EMAS] Saving the Red Wolf
- From: Marianne Mooney <mooney.marianne@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: emas <emas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 07:52:06 -0400
*Saving the Red Wolf*
*EMAS April 18 Program*
*7 p.m. Reuter Center, UNCA*
Join EMAS for a presentation by Christian Hunt on the plight of the
remaining wild Red wolves in North Carolina. Red wolves, one of the
world’s most endangered canids, were added to the Endangered Species list
in 1967 and conservation efforts began. Reintroduced in 1987 to NC’s
Alligator River NWR, their recovery was a first-of-its-kind
accomplishment. Since then, due to program conflicts, the red wolf
population has collapsed, and no more than forty-five remain. This past
September, the US Fish and Wildlife Service proposed removing most of the
last wolves to zoos, and shrinking their current wild territory by almost
ninety percent-- a proposal that could erase thirty years of conservation
success.
Come learn about the Red wolf and its’ current threats with Christian Hunt,
Southeast Program Associate for Defenders of Wildlife.
*All EMAS programs are free and open to the public. *
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