The Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi<\/em>) or “lobo” is the most genetically distinct lineage of gray wolves in the Western Hemisphere, and one of the most endangered mammals in North America. By the mid-1980s, hunting, trapping, and poisoning caused the extinction of lobos in the wild, with only a handful remaining in captivity. In 1998 the wolves were reintroduced into the wild as part of a federal reintroduction program under the Endangered Species Act. Today in the U.S., there is a single wild population comprising only 131 individuals – an increase from the 114 counted at the end of 2017.<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t\tRead U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Reports\n\t\t\t\t The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) Mexican Wolf Recovery Program Documents are posted on the\u00a0FWS Southwest website<\/a>. To view, please\u00a0click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n FWS’s Mexican Wolf Recovery Program: Progress Reports<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n Geneticist Rich Fredrickson explains the importance of releasing more endangered Mexican gray wolves from the captive population into the wild.<\/p>\n\n
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