A “de-extinction” startup wants to save North Carolina’s red wolves from collapse
From Axios.com:
Colossal Biosciences, a Texas company attempting to bring back extinct animals such as dire wolves and woolly mammoths, believes its technology could also help endangered species, including North Carolina’s red wolves, from population collapse.
Why it matters: The red wolf, which once roamed most of the eastern and southern portions of the U.S., is one of the world’s most endangered wolves, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. A little more than 200 red wolves live in captivity, but fewer than 20 exist in the wild — all in a rural five-county section of northeastern North Carolina. But their numbers continue to fall, with many being hit by cars or being shot.
