As a result of a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, the United States Fish and Wildlife Services must update its plan for saving critically endangered red wolves. Sadly, there are only 9 documented red wolves remaining in the wild, relegated to a small area in the eastern part of North Carolina. The US Fish & Wildlife Services has been given until February 2023 to come up with a new, appropriate recovery plan for red wolves.
All too often are these ambitious plans given years upon years to come to fruition while the animals they are tasked to protect plunge further and further towards extinction. When you consider the severity of this situation in particular, how can it be a victory that the USFWS has until 2023 to come up with a realistic plan to repopulate red wolves? There are 9 of these red wolves remaining in the wild, can we honestly expect that they're going to hang around for 3 more years until the government can figure out how to protect them? It's ridiculous, negligent, and completely unfathomable that the USFWS needs 3 years to address the situation. They've already wasted enough time which allowed these beautiful wolves to dwindle down to single digits.
Animal conservation needs to be taken as seriously as it should be and worked upon as diligently and quickly as imaginable. Our continued lack of effort and lackluster approach to conservation is the exact reason red wolves, elephants, lions, cheetahs etc, are all headed towards extinction in the wild. Conservation is incredibly vital to a healthy ecosystem. All species' contribute to a healthy and balanced habitat and if we start allowing them to go extinct due to inaction, the trickle down effect will undoubtedly disrupt the balance further. Look, we've already given ourselves the "right" to manipulate animals and their numbers which we happily do on a regular basis. Why is it when the situation calls for us to take immediate action, we in turn take years to figure out what to do? If it were about the human race, we'd be doing everything we could to address the issues (hello coronavirus anyone?) but because it's animals, there's such a lax approach to everything. Time is of the essence and my only hope is that red wolves survive long enough for the USFWS to do their damned job. HAPPY VEG
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