Asha, Wolf Family Released in Gila National Forest

Wandering endangered Mexican gray wolf Asha released with pups

After more than a month of unexplained delay, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released endangered Mexican gray wolf Asha, her pups and her mate into the wild Wednesday.

Asha, wolf family released in Gila National Forest

Asha was let go in the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Thursday along with her captive-born mate Arcadia and their five children.

Captured Mexican Gray Wolf Asha Released With Mate, Pups in New Mexico

Center for Biological Diversity: SILVER CITY, N.M.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released into the wild an endangered Mexican gray wolf called Asha, along with her mate and pups. Asha was featured in National Geographic and other media for twice roaming north of Interstate 40 in New Mexico before being captured and kept in prolonged captivity for having strayed beyond the arbitrary northern boundary.

Politics and fear fuel the fight over the Mexican gray wolf

A wild Mexican wolf pup is swabbed for DNA by Mexican Wolf Interagency Field Team. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)It’s been more than a month since the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service missed its own deadline to release a well-known endangered Mexican gray wolf and her family back into the wild after she was caught wandering well beyond the species’ recovery area twice in New Mexico. The agency has now gone dark about the is…