Red Wolf Population Plunges to as Few as 50 as Feds Gut Recovery Program

 Anti-wildlife Groups Spur Halt to Recovery Efforts, Poaching Investigations

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)– February 16, 2016.  The nation’s only population of red wolves is in an alarming free-fall, declining by 27 percent from 2014 to 2015 to as few as 50 individuals, according to new population counts released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The total estimated population has declined by about 50 percent since 2012, from 100 to 120 individuals to just 50 to 75 in…