Red Wolf (Canis rufus) Recovery: A Review with Suggestions for Future Research

摘要: By the 1970s, government-supported eradication campaigns reduced red wolves to a remnant population of less than 100 individuals on southern border Texas and Louisiana. Restoration efforts in region were deemed unpromising because predator-control programs hybridization with coyotes. The U.S. Fish Wildlife Service (USFWS) removed last remaining from wild placed them captive-breeding program. In 1980, USFWS declared extinct wild. During 1987, USFWS, through Red Wolf Recovery Program, reintroduced into northeastern North Carolina. Although restoration have established approximately 70-80 wild, issues coyotes, inbreeding, human-caused mortality continue hamper wolf recovery. We explore these three challenges and, within each challenge, we illustrate how research can be used resolve problems associated wolf-coyote interactions, effects demographic responses mortality. hope this illustrates utility advance wolves.