To help restore the highly-endangered wild population (about 37) of Mexican wolves ( Canis lupus baileyi ), Mexico‘s National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, CONALP), has performed its 11th release of five specimens in the State of Chihuahua was carried out successfully.
The released family group comes from the Buenavista del Cobre Sonora Wildlife Management and Use Unit, and comprises a reproductive pair of adults (five and ten years old), plus three juveniles (two males and one female) about 19 months of age. The 5 specimens were fitted with satellite telemetry collars to monitor their activity and movement.
Like the previous releases, this represents the fulfillment of one of the main commitments established by the “Action Program for the Conservation of the Mexican Wolf” (PACE) of the CONANP and the “Mexico-United States Program for the Recovery of the Wolf” Gris Mexicano “(US-Mexican Wolf Recovery Program).
Photo by Napoleon Fillat Ordonez / CONALP.