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The Red Wolf is relatively small in size. It is smaller than the Gray Wolf one of its close cousin, but larger the Coyote (Imbriaco 18). On average the female Red Wolf weighs 52 pounds and the male weighs 61 pounds. Its average body length is 55 to 65 inches or roughly 4 feet, its average shoulder height is 26 inches. The Red Wolf is found on only 1.7 million acres in eastern North Carolina and in zoos around the US. Their main habitat is in marshes, forests, and basically anywhere there is enough prey and little human interaction. The Red Wolf has a very simple specific diet. This diet consists of small rodents like mice, possums and rabbits. They also hunt White-Tailed Deer (Imbriaco 6-7). Some of the adaptations that the Red Wolf …show more content…
They started killing them in droves by guns, trapping, and poisoning. At one point the Montana state government required that wolves be brought in alive. Once brought in they were infected with mange and set free to spread the disease (Imbriaco 49). Wolves were killed very frequently and in very large numbers, in fact the government even encouraged the hunting of wolves by offering bounties to anyone who killed a wolf. In 1907 different national parks reported killing over 1,500 wolves in one year. Between the years 1915 and 1970 different organizations reported the killings of almost 70,000 wolves that were mainly gray and red wolves (Imbriaco 50-52). In the 1950’s a young man, Howard McCarley, noticed something strange about the Red Wolves, they were smaller than the normal Red Wolf should be. He later determined that they were Red Wolf, Coyote hybrids (Imbriaco 64-65). By 1963 another scientist was also on the case. Ronald Nowak came to the same conclusion that McCarley came to, that Red Wolves were in danger. He wrote a letter to the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service asking that government involvement and sponsoring of wolf hunts be eliminated. They came back and told him, “...the Red Wolf population consists of 4,000 to 8,000 and is not in danger of becoming extinct (Imbriaco 66).” That same year trappers reported killing 2,000 Red Wolves. More and more scientists started telling people …show more content…
In the years before that they also passed the Endangered Species Protection Act in 1966 and the Endangered Species Conservation Act in 1969. They had to change these two acts into the latest one because the other two weren't strong enough on their own. The act ensured the animals safety by putting a fine on whoever killed or injured an endangered animal or plant. Through this act the federal government was also not allowed to support the hunting of anything endangered by putting bounties or doing anything to harm the endangered animal or plant. In the act they also made it clear that protecting animals and their environment was more important than future improvements, “...such as dams, that might benefit people (Imbriaco 68).” in the future. The act also required that we take steps to help save and preserve the species and the environment it lives in (Imbriaco
The Red Wolf is relatively small in size. It is smaller than the Gray Wolf one of its close cousin, but larger the Coyote (Imbriaco 18). On average the female Red Wolf weighs 52 pounds and the male weighs 61 pounds. Its average body length is 55 to 65 inches or roughly 4 feet, its average shoulder height is 26 inches. The Red Wolf is found on only 1.7 million acres in eastern North Carolina and in zoos around the US. Their main habitat is in marshes, forests, and basically anywhere there is enough prey and little human interaction. The Red Wolf has a very simple specific diet. This diet consists of small rodents like mice, possums and rabbits. They also hunt White-Tailed Deer (Imbriaco 6-7). Some of the adaptations that the Red Wolf …show more content…
They started killing them in droves by guns, trapping, and poisoning. At one point the Montana state government required that wolves be brought in alive. Once brought in they were infected with mange and set free to spread the disease (Imbriaco 49). Wolves were killed very frequently and in very large numbers, in fact the government even encouraged the hunting of wolves by offering bounties to anyone who killed a wolf. In 1907 different national parks reported killing over 1,500 wolves in one year. Between the years 1915 and 1970 different organizations reported the killings of almost 70,000 wolves that were mainly gray and red wolves (Imbriaco 50-52). In the 1950’s a young man, Howard McCarley, noticed something strange about the Red Wolves, they were smaller than the normal Red Wolf should be. He later determined that they were Red Wolf, Coyote hybrids (Imbriaco 64-65). By 1963 another scientist was also on the case. Ronald Nowak came to the same conclusion that McCarley came to, that Red Wolves were in danger. He wrote a letter to the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service asking that government involvement and sponsoring of wolf hunts be eliminated. They came back and told him, “...the Red Wolf population consists of 4,000 to 8,000 and is not in danger of becoming extinct (Imbriaco 66).” That same year trappers reported killing 2,000 Red Wolves. More and more scientists started telling people …show more content…
In the years before that they also passed the Endangered Species Protection Act in 1966 and the Endangered Species Conservation Act in 1969. They had to change these two acts into the latest one because the other two weren't strong enough on their own. The act ensured the animals safety by putting a fine on whoever killed or injured an endangered animal or plant. Through this act the federal government was also not allowed to support the hunting of anything endangered by putting bounties or doing anything to harm the endangered animal or plant. In the act they also made it clear that protecting animals and their environment was more important than future improvements, “...such as dams, that might benefit people (Imbriaco 68).” in the future. The act also required that we take steps to help save and preserve the species and the environment it lives in (Imbriaco