Feds kill endangered, possibly pregnant Mexican Gray Wolf in Arizona
From AZFamily.com:
A federal agency mistakenly killed an endangered and possibly pregnant Mexican gray wolf in Arizona, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a memo earlier this month.
An unknown agency killed a 7-year-old wolf named Asiza on April 14. The incident came after the Mexican wolf coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Brady McGee, authorized the USDA’s Wildlife Services to kill an uncollared wolf in the Bear Canyon pack in Greenlee County.
In the order, he specifically said only an uncollared wolf should be killed so the collared wolves remained in the pack. The directive also said officials were not to kill a breeding female wearing a broken radio collar, which was Asiza, “who will likely whelp a new litter of pups soon.”
