By Lisa Sorg, NCPolicyWatch.com
Just seven wild red wolves are still alive in the world, all of them in eastern North Carolina, the result of federal wildlife officials’ flouting a court order, according to a legal complaint filed Monday by the Southern Environmental Law Center.
The complaint alleges that despite a 2018 court order to protect the species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has violated the Endangered Species Act by failing to introduce previously captive red wolves from zoos and nature centers into the Alligator and Pocosin wildlife refuges, which are designated as an official recovery area.
Nor has USFWS continued its coyote sterilization program in the recovery area. That program is important because it keeps coyotes and red…
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