Source: Jonathan Drew, NEWS & RECORD, 3/2/21


Government wildlife officials released two more critically endangered red wolves into the North Carolina wild and could place several more captive-bred wolves into the habitat this year, according to a new plan submitted to a federal judge. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a filing Monday that it brought two male wolves from a Florida wildlife refuge, paired them with wild female wolves from North Carolina and let them loose in February. One of the male wolves was later killed by a car.

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