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Mexican Wolves

  • Mexican wolf population finally increases a bit

    Ralph Maughan

    Grows from 42 to 50 in the year 2010- Finally there’s a little bit of good news about Mexican wolves. After the population stagnated well below the recovery figure of 100 wolves, I has declined in recent years.  In 2010, on the strength of wild born pups and a halt on government killing for livestock…

  • New Mexico ranchers' use of technology to track wolves debated

    Ken Cole

    Only 39 Mexican wolves remain in the wild after several poaching incidents. Conservation groups are asking the USFWS to retrieve telemetry equipment from ranchers and change the frequencies of the radio collars on the wolves so that people with receivers cannot find wolves and kill them. They argue, correctly in my estimation, that the radio…

  • US Fish and Wildlife Service to Review Status of Mexican Wolf to Determine if it is an Endangered Subspecies

    Ken Cole

    Change could result in greater protections for Mexican Gray Wolf The USFWS has announced that they will review the status of the Mexican Gray Wolf as an endangered subspecies. The reclassification would require the Service to rewrite their recovery plan and designate critical habitat. Mexican Gray Wolf May Qualify for Endangered Species Protection Separate From…

  • Governor Stands Up For Mexican Wolves

    Ken Cole

    Governor Richardson Issues Trapping Restrictions in Lobo Country Governor Stands Up For Mexican Wolves . WildEarth Guardians – Press Release

  • Gray wolf shot in AZ; officials probe use of radio tracking

    Ken Cole

    More on the dead Mexican wolves One possibility that might be considered by the investigators is the possibility that those with government issued telemetry equipment may not be using it to kill the wolves but they may be giving the frequencies to those who are. Gray wolf shot in AZ; officials probe use of radio…

  • USFWS PRESS RELEASE

    Ken Cole

    ANOTHER MEXICAN WOLF FOUND ILLEGALLY SHOT IN ARIZONA USFWS contact: Tom Buckley, 505-248-6455 Arizona Game and Fish Department contact: Bruce Sitko, 928-367-4281 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Law Enforcement Agents recovered the body of another dead Mexican wolf on Thursday July 15, 2010. The wolf, AM 1189, is the second adult male of the…

  • USFWS investigates Mexican wolf killings

    Ken Cole

    Two Dead, another missing Two alpha males Mexican gray wolves have been found dead under suspicious circumstances and another collared alpha male wolf is missing. This is a disaster for the struggling population of wolves in Arizona and New Mexico. US investigates wolf killings. Tony Davis Arizona Daily Star

  • Wolf-recovery program now 'at risk of failure'

    Ken Cole

    Cumulative impacts of many factors cited A new report by the Us Fish and Wildlife Service assesses the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program and the news isn’t good. Cumulatively there are many risks for the population.  Among them are poaching, too many controls related to depredation, small litter sizes and low pup survival possibly related to…

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