North Carolina advocates demand traffic signs after another endangered wolf is hit [Video]

A Red Wolf named Muppet died after being hit by a car in North Carolina, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.Fewer than 20 red wolves remain in the wild.“Muppet’s tragic death brings North Carolina’s beleaguered red wolves one step closer to extinction,” said Will Harlen, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity. “The world’s most endangered wolves should not be roadkill, especially when we know that building wildlife crossings could save them from being hit by vehicles.”Someone hit and killed Muppet on April 15. He’s the fourth red wolf killed by a car in the past 10 months. Muppet’s father was also killed by a car crash six months earlier along the same stretch of Highway 64, which runs through Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina.Vehicle strikes are the second leading cause of mortality for red wolves. In addition to Muppet and his father, …