The Mexican Gray Wolf is caught in the crossfire of the Drug Cartel war and poverty.

Mexican wolves (click here) prefer to live in mountain forests, grasslands and shrublands, and are very social animals. They live in packs, which are complex social structures that include the breeding adult pair (the alpha male and female) and their offspring. A hierarchy of dominant and subordinate animals within the pack help it to work as a unit.

...With conservation as part of its mission, (click here) Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo hopes to breed the Mexican wolves through the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) Species Survival Plan (SSP). The AZA SSP works to ensure the survival of selected wildlife species.

The program started in 1981 as a cooperative population management and conservation program for selected species in zoos and aquariums in North America.

The re-introduction of the Mexican wolf is being carried out in conjunction with both the AZA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The wolves, which do not yet have names, will be on exhibit in the former timber wolf yard, next to the exhibit that houses the red wolves. Both are located near the Wolf Observation Learning Facility building....


The map to the left is currently "El lobo" range as it exists today. The loss of habitat to war and poverty has caused the species to become endangered. 

By Associated Press 
Wed, Apr 24, 2013POSTED: 4:06 pm

 (AP) Officials confirmed (click here) Wednesday that an animal killed by a federal employee in southwestern New Mexico in January was a Mexican gray wolf. 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said genetic tests confirmed it was a small, uncollared female. More tests are under way to determine which pack the wolf was associated with....