SILVER CITY, N.M.— Pup births boosted the number of endangered Mexican gray wolves in the wild in the Southwest for the second year in a row, according to a new census conducted by federal, state and tribal agencies. The 58 wolves counted in New Mexico (26) and Arizona (32) compare to the 50 counted a [...]

SILVER CITY, N.M. – Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest continue to struggle to survive in the wild in part because too few wolves are being released from captivity, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 13th annual progress report released this week. On a more positive note, the report (which covers 2010) documents [...]

The following Press Release was sent out by Michael Robinson from the Center for Biological Diversity.

Wildlife advocacy groups are feeling the pressure of an impending and dangerous legislative solution, which could strip the Endangered Species Act of much of it’s power and leave wolves in all parts of the country at serious risk.

The Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlife — represented by the Western Environmental Law Center — today intervened in a lawsuit that seeks the trapping and shooting of endangered Mexican gray wolves, the third since reintroduction began in 1998.

The Center for Biological Diversity released the following press release regarding the continued delays in in releasing 8 more wolves in to Arizona’s wilderness.

SILVER CITY, N.M.— In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today determined that the Mexican gray wolf may qualify for listing as an endangered species separate from other wolves. A separate listing for Mexican wolves would require replacement of the subspecies’ outdated 1982 recovery plan.

Gray wolves should be reintroduced across the country in multiple, connected populations says the Center of Biological Diversity in a petition submitted to the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Four conservation groups sue the U.S. Department of Agriculture for recklessly and without sufficiently evaluating  the impact of selecting lethal response on Oregon’s small wolf population.

A press release from The Center for Biological Diversity highlights the conclusions of a federal conservation assessment regarding the troubled Mexican gray wolf recovery program.