Hinton, Joseph W.
West, Kyla M.
Sullivan, Daniel J.
Frair, Jacqueline L.
Chamberlain, Michael J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Georgia Department Of Natural Resources (050800-01)
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (050828-01)
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (050829-01)
Article History
Received: 4 November 2021
Accepted: 9 June 2022
First Online: 20 June 2022
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees at the University of Georgia (A2014 08–025-R2) and Louisiana State University (AE2009–19), and our capture and handling of animals followed guidelines approved by the American Society of Mammalogists. Because the red wolf is listed as critically endangered under the United States Endangered Species Act and by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, we operated under a cooperative agreement with the USFWS Recovery Program to assist in their trapping and handling of red wolves. Permits to trap and handle coyotes were acquired from Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, and South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. Red wolf-coyote hybrids existed under the same legal protections as coyotes and were trapped and handled under permits granted by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. The study was carried out in compliance with the ARRIVE guidelines.
: This manuscript does not contain any individual person’s data, and further consent for publication is not required.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.