Fish and Wildlife Service reports a record season for wolf foster program

From Fronteras:

A record number of Mexican gray wolves have been fostered into wild dens. The effort is part of a program to build up the wild population of the endangered species.

The Fish and Wildlife Service says it fostered 27 wolf pups into wild dens this spring in Arizona and New Mexico. It’s a record year for a program that is almost a decade in the making and aims to improve the genetic diversity of wild Mexican wolves, by introducing newborn pups from captive litters.

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