Editing Swift fox (section)

==Conservation status==
The swift fox was once a severely [[endangered species]], due to predator control programs in the 1930s that were aimed mostly at the [[Wolf|gray wolf]] and the [[coyote]].<ref name="ADW"/> The species was [[Local extinction|extirpated]] from Canada by 1938,<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /> but a reintroduction program started in 1983<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Accomplishments |publisher=Cochrane Ecological Institute captive breeding and reintroduction program in Canada |url=https://www.cochraneresearchinstitute.org/history-of-accomplishments.html |access-date=2016-07-03 |archive-date=2017-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117002704/https://www.cochraneresearchinstitute.org/history-of-accomplishments.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> has been successful in establishing small populations in southeast [[Alberta]] and southwest [[Saskatchewan]], despite the fact that many reintroduced individuals do not survive their first year.<ref name="ADW"/> Nonetheless, by 1996, 540 foxes had been released around the Alberta-Saskatchewan border and [[Milk River Ridge]] areas, parts of the species' original native range.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://aep.alberta.ca/fish-wildlife/wild-species/mammals/wild-dogs/swift-fox.aspx|title=Swift Fox|website=Alberta Environment and Parks|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926004709/http://aep.alberta.ca/fish-wildlife/wild-species/mammals/wild-dogs/swift-fox.aspx|archive-date=2018-09-26|access-date=2020-03-16}}</ref> Four years later, those introduced foxes had tripled in number, making the program one of the most successful endangered species reintroduction programs in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wildlifepreservation.ca/swift-fox/|title=Swift Fox Recovery and Translocations – Wildlife Preservation Canada|website=wildlifepreservation.ca|access-date=2018-01-24|archive-date=2021-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118100603/https://wildlifepreservation.ca/swift-fox/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In May 1999, the [[Species at Risk Act]] listed the swift fox as an ''endangered species'' in Canada, giving the species further protection for growth.<ref>{{cite web| title = Species at risk – Swift fox| publisher = Species at Risk Public Registry| date = 2008-04-25| url = http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/species/speciesDetails_e.cfm?sid=140| access-date = March 16, 2009| archive-date = 2013-06-10| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130610231432/http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/species/speciesDetails_e.cfm?sid=140| url-status = dead}}</ref> A small, but stable and growing population continues to live freely in the southeastern regions of Alberta, and southwestern regions of Saskatchewan.<ref name=":0"/> Canada's national recovery strategy plan was revised in 2008 by the National Swift Fox Recovery Team, with projections of a long-term goal by 2026, "to restore a self-sustaining swift fox population of 1,000 or more mature, reproducing foxes that does not experience greater than a 30% population reduction in any 10-year period".<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />

Exact population numbers of the swift fox are unknown, but it is known that they currently inhabit only 40% of their historic range.<ref name="DoW"/> In addition to its populations in Canada, there are also swift fox populations in the United States, ranging from [[South Dakota]] to Texas. In 1995, the [[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]] determined that the fox warranted an endangered listing, but other higher priority species precluded its listing.<ref name="FWS">{{cite web|url=http://www.fws.gov/southdakotafieldoffice/swift_fox_main.htm|author=U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service|title=Swift fox – Main Page|access-date=18 June 2008|archive-date=16 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516030024/http://www.fws.gov/southdakotafieldoffice/swift_fox_main.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> This prompted state wildlife agencies within the fox's range to create the Swift Fox Conservation Team, which worked to implement better swift fox management and monitoring programs.<ref name="FWS"/> Populations in the United States are stable in the central part of its range,<ref name="ADW"/> and it is not considered endangered in the United States. The [[IUCN Red List]] characterizes it as of Least Concern.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />