Endangered
Spring
2006 Data Red
Wolf Wild Population The
Red Wolf Recovery Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, located in northeastern
North Carolina , manages the world's only wild red wolf ( Canis rufus ) population.
Fiscal Year 2005 represents the 18th consecutive year of successful management.
By spring 2005, the wild population had produced over 400 wild pups, with approximately
50 pups born in the wild in 2006. More
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Species Focus
Mexican
Wolf
(Canis
lupus baileyi)
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National Park Service
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Species Focus
for 2005
Mexican Wolf
Canis lupus
baileyi
Kingdom
ANIMALIA
Phylum CHORDATA
Class MAMMALIA
Order CARNIVORA
Family
CANIDAE
Common Name/s
Mexican Wolf
Timber Wolf
Prairie Wolf
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Endangered
Monthly
Update: May 1 – 31, 2006
CURRENT POPULATION
STATUS As
of the end of May, the collared population consisted of 19* wolves with
functional
collars dispersed among nine packs, including a single wolf.
* See the Hon-Dah
and San Mateo Packs and M864 below for more detailed information.
SEASONAL
NEWS
Mexican
wolf pups are generally born mid-April to mid-May. The IFT is actively monitoring
denning females in order to document wild-born pups.
Based on location information,
the IFT has documented denning behavior in seven packs.
IN ARIZONA:
On
May 19, project personnel confirmed three wolves in the northwestern
portion
of the ASNF in Arizona that may represent a new pack. The IFT has
placed
traps in the area to capture, identify and place radio collars on the
members
of this pack.
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Critically
Endangered
(2004
Data)
Estimated
Global Population- 470
Vaccination of Ethiopian wolves against rabies The
EWCP has teamed up with veterinarians from the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation
Organization (EWCO) in an effort to contain a rabies epidemic affecting the largest
population of rare Ethiopian wolves in the Bale Mountains National Park (BMNP)
of southern Ethiopia.
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Endangered
Subject:
Status of Gray Wolf Recovery, Week of 6/02 to 6/09, 2006 Monitoring NEW
WEB ADDRESS- 2005 annual wolf report is at http://westerngraywolf.fws.gov/
. It has maps of wolf pack locations and home ranges, tables of wolf numbers and
depredations, litigation and funding issues, and summaries of scientific studies.
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