Red Wolves

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Published 2015-07-14
The red wolf looks similar to the coyote, although it is larger.
It weighs up to 90 pounds and often reaches lengths of 4 feet.
Red wolves live in brushy country, along the forest edges in open farming areas.
They need large areas away from people to survive.
The last sighting of a wild red wolf in Missouri was in 1950.
In 1981, less than 100 red wolves remained in the U-S.
But a captive breeding program near St. Louis is helping to restore the red wolf population in the southwestern United States.

mdc.mo.gov/
www.endangeredwolfcenter.org/.
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