Any numbers regarding population are guesses.
It's ironic, say wildlife groups. The United States' National Wildlife Service is trying to save the last vestiges of the red wolf, an animal on the endangered list south of the border. But in northern reaches of Hastings County and around Algonquin Park, continued hunting and trapping of the rare red wolf by farmers, hunters and trappers is leading to a documented decline in a last surviving population, studies reveal. The plight is prompting calls by environmental groups to halt the killing. To mount pressure on the provincial government, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society is asking for the public's help to save an animal that studies predict could soon become extinct here in Canada despite the fact red wolves are protected inside the park.