Conservation Groups Collaborate to Celebrate Mexican Wolf
During the last week of March, wildlife advocates, wolf education centers, and captive breeding facilities celebrate the 16th anniversary of the return of the endangered Mexican wolf to its ancestral home in the wilds of the southwest. Missing from the landscape for more than 30 years, the rarest and most unique subspecies of the gray wolf was reintroduced to the wild on March 29, 1998. Hashtag LoboWeek is being used on all social media platforms as we jointly post information about this beautiful and still endangered animal.
Moss (M1066), a male Mexican wolf at Wolf Haven International |
Thirty-eight years after receiving protection under the Endangered Species Act, the Mexican wolf remains the most endangered mammal in North America and the most endangered subspecies of gray wolf in the world. It is estimated that a minimum of 83 Mexican wolves live in the wild and 248 in captivity in 52 facilities.
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