Outlook for Mexican gray wolf still positive, despite recent death
From SourceNM.com:
Conservation efforts targeted at the Mexican gray wolf have shown positive results, according to recent studies, but last weekend’s death of a female wolf has been called “tragic” by experts and advocates.
The death of wandering wolf “Ella” was reported over the weekend by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service after she was spotted last week near Mount Taylor, close to Grants above Interstate 40. She had wandered outside of the Marquez Wildlife Area — a protected area that covers about 15,000 acres in McKinley and Sandoval counties and where wolves are encouraged to remain. Interstate 40 is the northern boundary. The area is part of the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area that encompasses parts of New Mexico and Arizona and where wolves are released into the wild to repopulate.
