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Contact: Michael Robinson, Center for Biological Diversity, (575) 313-7017, michaelr@biologicaldiversity.org
Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project, (520) 623-1878, greta@westernwatersheds.org
Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians, (505) 395-6177, csmith@wildearthguardians.org
Sandy Bahr, Sierra Club – Grand Canyon (Arizona) Chapter, (602) 999-5790, sandy.bahr@sierraclub.org
Claire Musser, Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project, (928) 202-1325, claire@gcwolfrecovery.org
Federal Gunmen Shoot Endangered Mexican Gray Wolf Pup, Target Second Wolf
SILVER CITY, N.M.— Newly released records reveal that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to kill two genetically valuable Mexican gray wolves. One of them — a 3-month-old female pup on the Gila National Forest in New Mexico — was shot from the air last week. The other targeted wolf, a young adult male in the Bear Canyon pack, is still alive in the Apache National Forest in Arizona. The Department of Agriculture shot his mother from the air in April while she was thought to be pregnant. Recently, he has found a mate with whom he now travels.
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Mexican Gray Wolf