Residents and interested parties will have a chance to once again weigh in on the future of the wild red wolf population in eastern North Carolina.
Almost everything about the red wolf recovery program has been a in recent years, from the animal鈥檚 status as a stand-alone species, to its impact on local wildlife.
Currently, only about 45 red wolves live in the wild, in a five-county area in and around the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge.
In September 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 鈥� under pressure from some local landowners and hunting enthusiasts - , and doing more captive breeding.
That prompted some animal-rights proponents to claim that the Service was planning to do away with the program completely.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife will hold this week, in Swan Quarter and Manteo.
