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The endangered red wolf can survive in the wild, but only with “significant additional management intervention,” according to a long-awaited population viability analysis released Friday. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service also released an updated recovery plan Friday for “Canis rufus” — the only wolf species unique to the United States. It calls for spending nearly $328 million over the next 50 years to get the red wolf off the endangered species list.

Lawmakers Thursday afternoon considered a bill that would require the DNR to set a population goal for wolves despite a differing plan from the agency

Using a powerful torch, Aliki Buhayer-Mach momentarily drenches a nearby mountain top in light, straining to see if wolves are lurking in the shadows.She and her 60-year-old husband Francois Mach-Buhayer -- a leading Swiss cardiologist -- have settled in to spend the night watching over some 480 sheep grazing in the remote mountains near the Italian border.

In Germany, officials have issued a shoot-to-kill order for hybrid wold-dog pups, the product of a wold mating with a domestic dog. Officials say this is to protect local wolf populations.

The new study found that dog ancestry originated from at least two wolf populations. Dog ancestry has been a mystery for the scientific community, especially when it comes to specific genetic origin and manner of domestication.