Wildlife officials in Arizona say a binational effort has helped send a group of Mexican gray wolves to historic habitat in the Mexican state of Durango.
Mexican gray wolves are one of the smallest wolf species in the world and among the most endangered. The animal’s habitat once spanned the mountains of central Mexico, up to southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico and southwest Texas.
But, their numbers have dwindled — wild populations have disappeared entirely in some parts of Mexico and dipped to single digits in others.
Arizona Game and Fish and the New Mexico Department of Wildlife say they worked with Mexican authorities to send two family groups, or eight wolves total, to the state of Durango. The transfer marks the first time in nearly 50 years that the species will be roaming wild there.
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