Susan Montoya Bryan, Author at Greenfield Recorder

A female red wolf emerges from her den sheltering newborn pups at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, N.C., on Monday, May 13, 2019. The Associated Press found that over the last two decades, more than half of Mexican wolf deaths and about one in four red wolf deaths resulted from gunshots or were otherwise deemed illegal. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Illegal killings, political opposition hobble wolf recovery

by Jonathan Drew Associated Press, Susan Montoya Bryan Associated Press, and Matthew Brown Associated PressMay 23, 2019

RALEIGH, N.C. — Illegal killings and longstanding political resistance have undercut the return of two species of endangered wolves to the wild, frustrating government efforts that already cost more than $80 million but have failed to meet recovery…