Five Mexican gray wolves were released in a desert area of the country's north in a bid to boost its population, the Environment Secretariat said.
Three females - aged 11, four and three - and two three-year-old males, all members of the endangered Mexican Wolf subspecies of the Gray Wolf, "were transferred to a Mexican desert ecosystem, in which they were historically endemic, and given their freedom," the secretariat said.
The wolves had undergone a behavioral rehabilitation process at the Rancho La Mesa Wildlife Management Unit in the northeastern state of Nuevo Leon.
"These types of programs allow the population of species in danger of extinction to gradually expand, enabling successful reproduction," the secretariat said.
For the wolves' safety, a satellite radio collar was placed around each animal's neck so they can be promptly located.
Mexican wolves "play an important role in controlling species such as coyotes, hares, small rodents and reptiles, as well as their natural prey, deer and boar. This will permit the recovery of vegetation," the secretariat said.
The Mexican Wolf once roamed across a vast region, including parts of the present-day northern states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Durango; the central states of Zacatecas, Aguascalientes and San Luis Potosi; and the southern state of Oaxaca.
The subspecies had been categorized in recent years as "probably extinct in the wild," the secretariat said.
Source: FOX News
Three females - aged 11, four and three - and two three-year-old males, all members of the endangered Mexican Wolf subspecies of the Gray Wolf, "were transferred to a Mexican desert ecosystem, in which they were historically endemic, and given their freedom," the secretariat said.
The wolves had undergone a behavioral rehabilitation process at the Rancho La Mesa Wildlife Management Unit in the northeastern state of Nuevo Leon.
"These types of programs allow the population of species in danger of extinction to gradually expand, enabling successful reproduction," the secretariat said.
For the wolves' safety, a satellite radio collar was placed around each animal's neck so they can be promptly located.
Mexican wolves "play an important role in controlling species such as coyotes, hares, small rodents and reptiles, as well as their natural prey, deer and boar. This will permit the recovery of vegetation," the secretariat said.
The Mexican Wolf once roamed across a vast region, including parts of the present-day northern states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Durango; the central states of Zacatecas, Aguascalientes and San Luis Potosi; and the southern state of Oaxaca.
The subspecies had been categorized in recent years as "probably extinct in the wild," the secretariat said.
Source: FOX News
This is just a wonderful thing you are doing with these wolves. I hope someday to spot one in the wild, it will be a first for me and I imagine for a lot of others too. I only hope the ranchers understand and are educated on what this really means for the environment and for the Earth's future. God Bless You All.
Great!But soon or late the wolves will try to hunt the livestock and then the problem with the ranchers will be back.One old way for concomitance is use of livestock guardian dogs LGD.Ancient and very successful way.That can realy save the wolves and other big hunters as the bears as resolve the problem in natural way.
truly beautiful
Lets pray they stay safe. Enjoy not destroy !
i love
Awesome. I pray they survive, thrive and heal.
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HOPEFULLY ALL THESE HUNTER'S N GOV'T OFFICIALS N FISH N GAME COMM. WILL LEARN A THING OR TO !!! ALTHOUGH THEY ACT IGNORENT TO HOW THE WOLF IS AN ASSET TO THE LAND N HOW IT'S COMING UP GREEN N NOT BEING KEPT DRY WARE IT NOW HAS HELPRD MOR WILD LIFE TO CO EXIST ON THE LAND!!!