Posted on 08/08/2025 4:52:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Asha, the endangered Mexican gray wolf known to wander in New Mexico, was released into the wild with her mate and puppies Thursday.
The day is a long time coming for officials who kept Asha captive within a designated recovery zone, spanning New Mexico and Arizona, so she could mate and expand the population.
Then, Asha ventured out of the area twice – in late-2022 and 2023. Advocates say this indicated the species is ready to roam beyond their zone.
Asha eventually stayed in the area long enough to give birth to five puppies in mid-May. After this, managers said they planned to release Asha, her mate and the puppies – leading to Thursday.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials said there were at least 286 Mexican gray wolves living in the zone earlier this year. They said there needs to be at least 320 wolves before they consider loosening restrictions.
Call of the Wild, all the way.
Rural here, no bears or wolves but a bald eagle once in a while. Recall the writing Noem did about having to put her dog down? Also recently out west (think it was CO) there were wolves who were planted in a similar manner and were taking cattle, so the ranchers shot them.
This will not end well.
It’s not gonna end well for wolves that could be mistaken for coyotes. Then there will be the poor soul who gets dragged through the judicial nightmare....
Although extremely illegal, that’s pretty sound advice.....
That dog was a Saint Bernard.
Wonder how the people rah rahing this would like small bull sharks released in their swimming pools.
“Don’t worry, bigot. They’re small.”
It’s a subspecies of Canis lupus, the regular wolf. It could interbreed with wolves to the north we typically think of.
I’ve been a rancher for many a generation. Married into the Mescalero Apache tribe. We can survive the federales and Sante Fe.
Fools
School bus stops should be easy Pickens. We did have a mountain lion in our area once that had way too much interest in the bus stop.
Wolves and an open border.....hmmm...
But the big cats get to eat too.
I remember an environmental group releasing a little seal after nurturing it for a few months. Of course it had a tracker. They gently dumped the seal into the ocean. About a minute later...not a sound from the tracker. Only cost us about 20 thou. The looks on their faces was priceless.
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