Mexican Wolf Research Paper
Saving a Species
“Go back to California!”, is just one of the many things supporters of the Mexican Gray Wolf reintroduction program were hearing at a meeting about “predators” in Alpine this February. Over three hundred people were in attendance and only a handful of people were supporters of these dog sized predators. They sat quietly listening to everyone bash the most endangered mammal in North America (Corrigan). The Mexican Gray Wolf is about the size of a German Shepherd, four to five feet long and seventy to ninety pounds. Up until recently they only existed in zoos but with the Mexican Wolf Reintroduction project and the help of United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Arizona Game and Fish, White Mountain Apache Tribe, United States Department of Agriculture(USDA), animal and plant health inspection service, wildlife …show more content…
The wolves were causing problems with livestock and normal day to day human activities, that by the mid-1900s the Mexican Wolf had been eliminated from the United States (Mexican Wolf Recovery and Planning). The last known Mexican Wolf in Arizona was killed in 1970 (“Mexican Wolf Reintroduction and Management”). In 1976 the Mexican Gray Wolf was on the verge of extinction, it was placed on the endangered species list after the passing of the Endangered Species Act in 1973 (“Mexican Wolf Recovery Planning”). The United States and Mexico governments then decided to collaborate to save this rare species of wolf. With only five remaining in the wild, four males and one pregnant female, they were successfully able to capture all five from 1977-1980. The two governments decided to start a captive breeding program to prevent extinction (“Brush with
“Go back to California!”, is just one of the many things supporters of the Mexican Gray Wolf reintroduction program were hearing at a meeting about “predators” in Alpine this February. Over three hundred people were in attendance and only a handful of people were supporters of these dog sized predators. They sat quietly listening to everyone bash the most endangered mammal in North America (Corrigan). The Mexican Gray Wolf is about the size of a German Shepherd, four to five feet long and seventy to ninety pounds. Up until recently they only existed in zoos but with the Mexican Wolf Reintroduction project and the help of United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Arizona Game and Fish, White Mountain Apache Tribe, United States Department of Agriculture(USDA), animal and plant health inspection service, wildlife …show more content…
The wolves were causing problems with livestock and normal day to day human activities, that by the mid-1900s the Mexican Wolf had been eliminated from the United States (Mexican Wolf Recovery and Planning). The last known Mexican Wolf in Arizona was killed in 1970 (“Mexican Wolf Reintroduction and Management”). In 1976 the Mexican Gray Wolf was on the verge of extinction, it was placed on the endangered species list after the passing of the Endangered Species Act in 1973 (“Mexican Wolf Recovery Planning”). The United States and Mexico governments then decided to collaborate to save this rare species of wolf. With only five remaining in the wild, four males and one pregnant female, they were successfully able to capture all five from 1977-1980. The two governments decided to start a captive breeding program to prevent extinction (“Brush with