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June 25, 2025
MEDIA CONTACTS
Contact: Claire Musser, Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project, (928) 202-
1325, claire@gcwolfrecovery.org
Erin Hunt, Lobos of the Southwest, (928) 421-0187, erin@mexicanwolves.org
Sandy Bahr, Sierra Club - Grand Canyon Chapter, (602) 999-5790, sandy.bahr@sierraclub.org
Nico Lorenzen, Wild Arizona, (520) 289-0147, nico@wildarizona.org
Leia Barnett, WildEarth Guardians, (970) 406-2125, lbarnett@wildearthguardians.org
Michael Robinson, Center for Biological Diversity, (575) 313-
7017, michaelr@biologicaldiversity.org
Mary Katherine Ray, Sierra Club - Rio Grande Chapter, (575) 537-1095, mkrscrim@gmail.com
Regan Downey, Wolf Conservation Center, (914) 763-2373, regan@nywolf.org
Students Name Mexican Gray Wolf Pups Slated for Release
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— Mexican gray wolf puppies born in captivity at Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge
received names this week taken from K-12 student submissions. The five pups — Kachina, Aspen, Sage,
Kai and Aala — and their parents Asha and Arcadia are slated to be released in New Mexico.
Asha made headlines in 2023 when she twice ventured north of Interstate 40, the arbitrary boundary
beyond which Mexican wolves are banned from traveling. After her second capture near the Valles
Caldera National Preserve she was paired in captivity with a male named Arcadia and officials pledged to
release them after pups were born. Conservationists are calling the new family the Caldera Pack and
hope that their release will add genetic diversity to the genetically imperiled wild population.
Mexican Gray Wolf