An inter-agency federal report released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reports that the number of wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains declined about 5 percent last year.

A news release from Michael Robinson and the Center for Biological Diversity outlines a settlement filed with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeking recognition of the Mexican Gray wolf as an endangered species distinct from gray wolves, meaning increased protection and new recovery standards.

The Mexican grey wolf reintroduction program continues to struggle, with only a few small success stories giving people hope that the program will recover and reach the level of success seem with the Yellowstone Park grey wolf reintroduction.

Disappointment and frustration combined following the release of numbers which suggest that there are now only 42 – down 10 from last year’s numbers – Mexican Gray Wolves wild in Arizona and New Mexico after another rough year for the troubled reintroduction program.

The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a law suit which they hope will remove bureaucratic red tape which has been hampering the Mexican Gray Wolf recovery project.

Press release from the Center for Biological Diversity responds to extermination of wolf pack.