Writers on the Range: Rare Wolf Faces Hard Road to Recovery

Writers on the Range: Rare wolf faces hard road to recovery

Most people are familiar with the gray wolf, which was reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in 1995, and has since established populations in several Western states. But there’s an endangered wolf subspecies not often written about — the Mexican wolf, smallest of the gray wolves. Also called “El Lobo,” it’s native to America’s Southwest and Mexico. Just 286 wild lobos roam Arizona and New Mexico, and perhaps 35 inhabit Mexico, while 350 are…

Rare wolf faces hard road to recovery

Most people are familiar with the gray wolf, which was reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in 1995, and has since established...

The rare Mexican wolf faces a hard road to recovery

By TED WILLIAMS