Red Wolf – Status and Trends
IUCN Status:
- 1960′s – 1994: Endangered
- 1996 – 2003: Critically Endangered (Criteria: D) (IUCN 2003a)
- 2004: Critically Endangered (Criteria: D) (Population Trend: Increasing) (IUCN 2004)
Countries Where the Red Wolf Is Currently Found:
2004: Occurs in re-introduced populations in the USA. May occur in Canada. (IUCN 2004)
Population Estimates:
[Note: Figures given are for wild populations only. After 1990, all populations are re-introduced.]
WORLD (USA)
- First half of the 1900′s: Perhaps numbering in the hundreds of thousands
- 1973: 100
- 1980 – 1987: 0
- 1990: 8
- 1993: 46 – 60
- 2002: At least 100
- 2004: Less than 150
Categories: Rare animals, Red Wolf
