ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Conservationists are working to make sure the Mexican gray wolves does not need to be brought back from extinction. Experts say they almost went extinct back in the 1970s, but decades of conservation and rehabilitation efforts are giving the wolves a fighting chance at survival.
The most recent data shows there’s at least 286 Mexican gray wolves living throughout New Mexico and Arizona right now. Conservationists say those numbers are expected to keep going up. “This is a species to celebrate. This is angling towards a real success story for the Endangered Species Act,” said Greta Anderson, deputy director of the Western Watersheds Project.
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