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NC: Two endangered red wolves found shot to death

By Jeff Hampton
The Virginian-Pilot

ROPER, N.C.

Two endangered red wolves were found shot to death this week.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a $2,500 reward for each individual. One wolf was found dead near Roper on Monday, and the second was found Wednesday. The location of the second dead wolf was not immediately reported.

The wolves make six killed by gunshot since January, said Tom MacKenzie, spokesman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Three others were struck by vehicles and another from a non-management related cause, he said. Maximum penalties for illegally killing a red wolf are a year in prison and a $100,000 fine.

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission authorized day and night coyote hunting in July. Environmental groups have filed suit against the state saying those who hunt coyotes are killing the slightly larger, endangered red wolves either by accident or on purpose. The state maintains shooting and trapping coyotes helps control an invasive species that kills livestock and carries disease.

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