TY - BOOK ID - 77921725 TI - The secret world of red wolves PY - 2013 SN - 1469608081 1469602008 9781469608082 9781469602004 9781469601991 1469601990 PB - Chapel Hill DB - UniCat KW - NATURE / Endangered Species. KW - NATURE / Animals / Wolves. KW - Wildlife conservation KW - Red wolf KW - Canis lupus rufus KW - Canis niger KW - Canis rufus KW - Gray wolf KW - Conservation. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77921725 AB - "Red wolves are shy, elusive, and misunderstood predators. Until the 1800s, they were common in the longleaf pine savannas and deciduous forests of the southeastern United States. But red wolves were nearly annihilated by habitat degradation, persecution, and interbreeding with the coyote. Today, reintroduced red wolves are found only on peninsular northeastern North Carolina within less than 1 percent of their former range. In "The Secret World of Red Wolves," nature writer T. DeLene Beeland shadows the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's pioneering recovery program over the course of a year to craft an intimate portrait of the red wolf, its history, and its restoration. Her engaging portrait of this top-level predator traces the intense effort of conservation personnel to restore a species that has slipped to the verge of extinction. Beeland weaves together the voices of scientists, conservationists, and local landowners while posing larger questions about human coexistence with red wolves, our understanding of what defines this animal as a distinct species and how climate change may swamp its current habitat"-- ER -