Author : T. DeLene Beeland
Release : 2013-06-10
Genre : Nature
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The Secret World of Red Wolves - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Secret World of Red Wolves write by T. DeLene Beeland. This book was released on 2013-06-10. The Secret World of Red Wolves available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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. However, habitat degradation, persecution, and interbreeding with the coyote nearly annihilated them. Today, reintroduced red wolves are found only in 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 exploration of this top-level predator traces the intense effort of conservation personnel to save 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.