s of jaguars are protected in parks in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela. The jaguar has also been able to bred successfully in private zoos. Red WolfCanis rufus, also known as the red wolf, is smaller than the gray wolf, but larger than the coyote. Originally, the red wolf was located in the wild in the range from Pennsylvania to Texas. Just like the gray wolf, the red wolf was hunted by government sponsored control programs. By the 1930's, there were only two known populations of the red wolf. Red wolves are able to use several types of habitats in southeastern and eastern North America. The red wolf needs sufficient prey to survive, which include deer, nutria, rabbits, and rodents. Just like the gray wolves, the red wolves travel in packs. The red wolf pack is a little smaller than the gray wolves because they only consist of the parents and their children. Red wolves can be social with each other, but sometimes deaths do occur between wolves when they become aggressive. The circumstances that have brought the red wolf to the brink of extinction include the predator control programs, land clearing and different projects that destroyed it's habitat, and parasites. In 1973, a decision was made to remove the species from the wild and place them in a private place in order for them to breed. By 1980, all red wolves were place in private captivity. In 1987, red wolves were put back into the wild in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. This was the first time ever a carnivore was put back into the wild of it's former range where it was declared extinct. The recovery of red wolves has been quite successful considering there were only 14 red wolves capable of breeding in the beginning of captivity and now there are about 300 in the world.OcelotThe leopardus pardalis, also known as the ocelot, is one of the most well known cats in the United States. The ocelot is a nocturnal cat, which ...
