Letter: Wolves important to environment As a veterinarian and conservationist, I am disturbed at the tone, inaccuracies and lack of understanding of Gary Watson with regard to the reintroduction of Mexican gray wolves. The Mexican gray wolf is the most endangered mammal in North America. Currently there are only 75. It is of vital importance to continue to release healthy, …
Courthouse News Service
TUCSON (CN) – Environmental groups on Friday sued the Secretary of the Interior for calling the endangered Mexican gray wolf an “experimental population,” and allowing them to be killed. The Fish and Wildlife Service’s treatment of the Mexican gray wolf as an experimental population limits the number of the wolves in the wild and lets them be killed, the …
Rule change to allow up to 325 Mexican wolves – Eastern Arizona Courier: News
WASHINGTON D.C. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized the revised rule under which Mexican wolves are managed in Arizona and New Mexico. The revised rule expands the area where wolves are allowed to occupy and increases the service’s ability to further the conservation of one of the nation’s rarest mammals while being responsive to the needs of local …
Groups Sue Over Mexican Wolf-Reintroduction Program Changes – ABC News
Conservationists sued the federal government Friday over changes to a reintroduction program for the endangered Mexican gray wolf. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced the first major changes to the program since 1998. Under them, wolves will be able to roam a greater expanse of Arizona and New Mexico and will be released from captivity at more sites. …