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Hi John,
Red wolves are on the knife's edge of extinction: Fewer than 20 remain in the wild.
Just a single population exists, in the forests and marshes of eastern North Carolina.
You can help secure their future by giving to the Saving Life on Earth Fund.
The wild population of red wolves was once wiped out.
More than three decades ago, four pairs of red wolves were released in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina.
The population grew, but then it declined dramatically after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gave up on the red wolf recovery program.
Mismanagement, illegal killing, and hybridization with coyotes threaten red wolves with extinction. Red wolves are often mistaken for coyotes and shot.
So the Center for Biological Diversity went to court to save these wolves — and won.
Thanks to our legal action, the federal government has finally proposed a new recovery plan, the first in 32 years. While this plan is a step forward, it doesn't go far enough, and it doesn't provide assurances that the existing wild population will be protected.
We're urging the Fish and Wildlife Service to speed red wolf recovery by specifying where it plans to reintroduce these wolves.
Illegal poaching of these wolves must also be stopped and prosecuted.
We're in a race against time to save red wolves — and we know what needs to be done. We won't stop fighting for them, but we need you with us.
Please give now to the Saving Life on Earth Fund.
For the wild,
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