Groups seek to stop coyote hunt to protect endangered red wolves

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Groups seek to stop coyote hunt to protect endangered red wolves
Source: Reuters - Tue, 17 Dec 2013 09:09 PM

By Colleen Jenkins

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Dec 17 (Reuters) - Conservation groups have asked a U.S. judge to halt coyote hunting in eastern North Carolina, where the endangered wild red wolves roam, arguing that the wolves, which resemble coyotes, are being killed by mistake.

The move was part of a lawsuit against the state's Wildlife Resources Commission, which authorized coyote hunting within a five-county area that is home to about 100 red wolves.

The groups argue that the hunting further threatens the wolves, which are among the world's most endangered animals. Once common in the southeastern United States, red wolves were declared extinct in the wild in 1980, after a loss of habitat and intensive predator control programs.

After a successful zoo-based breeding program in an effort to restore their population, the wolves were released back into the wild in North Carolina.


Read more: http://www.trust.org/item/20131217205410-qh71a/

[Auntie Bush]

2. Is a man with a gun...nature?

At least the man is...who knows what he's holding.

[alp227]

3. Ack! I misread the story. Thought the hunt was intended to protect the red wolves.

But there has been a case when the fed gov targeted one species for killing, to protect another: Feds move ahead with plans to kill barred owls — to save spotted owls (NBC)