Until recently red wolves had become virtually extinct. Until almost 100 years ago red wolves had roamed from the central U.S. all the way up to New England and down as far as Florida. By the time that scientists realized that there was a major problem with the red wolves they were almost extinct. “The red wolf is the first effort to restore a predator in the wild after it was officially declared extinct in …showed first 75 words of 362 total…

…showed last 75 words of 362 total…reentrance of the wolves, coyotes were starting to cross breed with them. Since those problems were identified The Fish and Wildlife Service have been rounding up the hybrid wolves and coyotes to have them sterilized before reentrance in to the wild, as for the citizens it may take a bit longer to cure this problem through some extensive education services that will hopefully enlighten the human population of the red wolf’s importance. NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM