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RESCUE THE MEXICAN WOLF
Mexican Wolf Comeback
Mexican Wolf Comeback
By the end of the 70’s in the 20th century, Mexican wolves (Canis lupus baileyi) still living in Mexico’s mountains, were captured to start a captive breeding program intended to prevent their extinction. This took place soon after an intense eradication campaign in Southwestern USA and Northern Mexico.
The last wild wolves were hunted over thirty years ago, closing the final chapter of their history in the forests and grasslands of the Western Sierra Madre.
After years of work and efforts within Zoos and Breeding Centers both, in the USA and Mexico, the captive population of Mexican wolves increased to reach the current 350 estimated individuals.
Conservation groups and researchers, in coordination with government agencies, acknowledge the need of developing a joint strategy to recover the species and restore it to an area within its original range.
Individuals and institutions seeking wolves’ restoration in Mexico, are grouped in the National Consulting Technical Subcommittee for the Mexican Wolf’s Recovery (Mexico’s Wolf Recovery Team), of which Naturalia is a member, in order to design a recovery strategy, endorsed by the federal government, that facilitates reaching specific goals.
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