Endangered wolves released in NM

Skylace · Admin Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA

Two more endangered Mexican gray wolves have been released in a remote area of New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the male and a pregnant female were transferred from the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge wolf facility to a staging area at the edge of the wilderness.

They were released Tuesday.

The agency says the female was released prior to birthing to increase chances that the wolves will den in the area.

The federal agency began releasing wolves on the New Mexico-Arizona border in 1998 to re-establish the species in part of its historic range.

The animals had been hunted to near extinction in the early 1900s.
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Wolves are my favorite animals so this story really brings a smile to my face Very Happy

Aja · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 3:50 pm Post subject:

Kilo is very happy too

Skylace · Admin Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA

Woo hoo Kilo! Your cousins have a home!

girldorksrule · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 4:14 pm Post subject:

The only thing that worries me about this is people killing them. Beautiful creatures, but the war between humans and wolves around here is sad and not likely to end anytime soon.

faceless · admin Joined: 25 Apr 2006

surely there must be vast areas of that state that they can stay in? sling in a few sheep and they'll be laughing...

girldorksrule · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 4:20 pm Post subject:

But they don't stay secluded and that is the problem. There is a lot of ranch land here. Where there are ranches, there are sheep, and like you said, where there are sheep, there are wolves.

The wolves migrate towards the food like any sane animal. Ranches then shoot them for invading their territory. It is a sad cycle. I understand WHY the ranchers do it, but it doesn't make it any less sad.