The fate of the world's remaining wild population of red wolves will be decided soon. The wild population peaked at approximately 130 a decade ago and stayed above 100 for years, according to court documents. "The idea is to make sure we still have a red wolf population to recover by the time we get to the end of this litigation." Releases of red wolves bred in captivity started in 1987. They also note that another 200 or so red wolves live in captivity, justifying the designation of the wild wolves as "not essential to the continued existence of the species."

Source: ABC News September 03, 2016 14:03 UTC