ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — U.S. wildlife managers will have to revisit a contentious rule that governs management of Mexican gray wolves roaming the American Southwest. The revision was ordered Monday by a federal judge in Arizona who determined that the rule adopted in 2015 fails to further the conservation of the endangered predators. The current rule …
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Today – March 29 – is the 20th anniversary of the release of three Mexican gray wolf packs that would become the first of their kind to roam New Mexico in decades, but the wolf program has endured many hiccups since then. Months after the 1998 release, five of the 11 wolves were killed by
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Federal authorities are investigating the death of a Mexican gray wolf as wildlife managers prepare for an annual survey of the endangered species along the Arizona-New Mexico border. Officials with the wolf recovery effort announced Tuesday that a female wolf was found dead in December in Arizona. They declined to release more
Marks the first time in a decade that efforts by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to curb livestock attacks by wolves has had lethal consequences for one of the predators.
They say the wolf-recovery efforts will have economic and environmental benefits.
Group also seeking release of a female wolf from Mexico that was captured this spring in Arizona.
But it’s not clear whether additional animals would be released under the Trump administration.
Still, survey showed that 50 wild-born pups survived in 2016 compared with half that the previous year.
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