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Home » News » Archives » Vaccine hope for endangered wolf

News Release

Vaccine hope for endangered wolf

13 November 2008
Ethiopian Wolf (Photo © Nick Jacobsen)

Scientists battle to save the world's rarest wolf from rabies by creating 'barrier' of vaccinated wolf packs.

A dedicated team of conservationists are hard at work in the remote Bale Mountains of southern Ethiopia in a race to conserve less than 500 remaining Ethiopian Wolves. The species Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis), is classified as Endangered on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. The intervention against this deadly disease is endorsed by the IUCN SSC Canid Specialist Group and the IUCN SSC Wildlife Health Specialist Group.

Links:

  • EWCP press release
  • Ethiopian Wolf on IUCN Red List Web Site
  • IUCN SSC Canid Specialist Group
  • IUCN SSC Wildlife Health Specialist Group
  • BBC press release

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