Feds eye new locations for Mexican wolf release program FLAGSTAFF — Wildlife officials are working to identify new locations to release Mexican gray wolf packs that have been raised in captivity. Federal forest and wildlife officials are looking at nine locations across the Sitgreaves and Tonto national forests as potential sites for wolf releases. Wildlife officials say the expanded release …
2 Mexican gray wolves die during annual government count
This is a good reason why Game department officials need to be banned from Darting Wolves of any kind! PHOENIX (AP) – Wildlife officials are investigating the deaths of two Mexican gray wolves they say were killed after being struck by a field team’s tranquilizer darts. The team of state and federal wildlife officials was surveying the wolves in …
After years of growth, Mexican gray wolf population declines
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Federal wildlife officials on Thursday defended their strategy for reintroducing Mexican gray wolves to the American Southwest despite recording the first decline in the population in four years. The annual survey released Thursday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows at least 97 wolves are spread among forested lands in southwestern New Mexico and southeast …
Senate committee OKs bill on Mexican gray wolf release
Senate committee OKs bill on Mexican gray wolf release Arizona Lawmakers need a reality check! they cant skirt Federal Law!! PHOENIX (AP) – The Arizona Senate attorney responsible for reviewing the constitutionality of legislation says a measure requiring prior state approval for the release of Mexican gray wolves into the wild is likely pre-empted by federal law. The Senate’s Republican-controlled …