Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Program

The Ethiopian highlands are home to Africa’s most endangered carnivore and Earth’s rarest canid, the Ethiopian wolf. There are fewer than 500 of these graceful red wolves remaining in the wild, and despite being specialized rodent hunters that pose no danger to people, coexistence with local communities is not always easy to achieve. The Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Program (EWCP) shepherds the population growth of this rare wolf by vaccinating them against infectious diseases, as well as initiating projects to both expand wolf rangelands and introduce locals to sustainable livelihoods that don’t reduce remaining wolf habitat.