Why is the red wolf extinct?

Answer 1

Red wolves are not extinct, they live here where i live, north carolina, they live here more to the beach in the back woods, they kind of look like a coyote

Addendum to above answer:

The red wolf population in North Carolina was introduced back into the wild to bring the animal back from extinction. The wild population consists of about 100 animals and is still considered highly endangered although from what I've read, and based on the answer above, they seem to be thriving. As far as why the red wolf went extinct in the wild to begin with, they went extinct because a) they were heavily hunted because they were considered to be a threat to livestock and b) habitat loss due to agriculturalization.

Answer 2

The red wolf's decline was threefold. First, as settlers felled the eastern forests, the red wolf had fewer places to den and hunt. Second, the wolf found easy pickings with the settler's livestock, which led to conflicts ending in death for the wolf. Third, as red wolf numbers declined, they began to hybridize with the coyote (Canis Latrans). In the 1970's, however, the last remaining pure red wolves were rounded up, and placed into a captive breeding program. Today, 115 red wolves roam free in eastern North Carolina's Alligator River Wildlife Refuge.