Mexican Grey Wolf

The Mexican Grey Wolf by Until recently, the Mexican Grey Wolf roamed the Chihuahan and Sonaran deserts from central Mexico to western Texas, central Arizona and New Mexico. By 1900 the decrease in prey the wolves hunted and fed on, such as deer and elk, reduced greatly. So they began to attack and kill domesticated animals on farms and in other places. This led to great efforts by government agencies and individuals to kill off and …

…get paid money for it, but it is not always easy to prove. In March 1997 the United States Fish and Wildlife Service were authorized by the United States Secretary of the Interior to begin reintroducing Mexican Grey Wolves into an area of Arizona called the Blue Range. The purpose of this program is to reestablish at least 100 Mexican Grey Wolves in the Gila and Apache National Forests of Arizona and New Mexico by the year 2005.