The ABQ BioPark is proud to share that construction on the Mexican Wolf Conservation Facility, shared in April of this year, is now complete! Mexican gray wolves are one of North America's most endangered mammals and the BioPark has been a committed partner in the recovery program for decades. Because this 4.5 acre space is dedicated to rehabilitation, pre-release care, and breeding of wolves intended for release, it has been designed to minimize human contact and will not be open to the public.

Thirty conservation organizations have urged wildlife agencies to take science-based actions to protect Mexican gray wolves after a new analysis showed a declined in the endangered species’ genetic diversity for the 4th year in a row. In a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Arizona Game and Fish Department and New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, the groups requested that government agencies release wolf families because the captive population has 37% more genetic diversity than th

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3.9K views · 111 reactions | A meditation on Mexican gray wolf habitat in eastern Arizona with aerial and remote camera footage. In 1990, the Center launched a lawsuit that would lead to the reintroduction of wolves into Arizona and New New Mexico. | Center for Biological Diversity | Facebook

The smallest gray wolf subspecies in North America, the Mexican gray wolf is also one of the rarest and most imperiled mammals on the continent. The Center has worked continuously to recover Mexican wolves in the wild, beginning with a 1990 lawsuit that led, eight years later, to reintroduction. Along the way we’ve sought to protect the wolves from persecution. Our work to protect them continues. Yesterday, the Center alongside Western Watersheds Project and Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project, n