Happiness is not having to share your favorite bone. Help ensure this Mexican gray wolf pup and his wild kin remain federally protected from hunting: http://bit.ly/2btcZtn #SaveTheLobo | Wolf Conservation Center

It’s #LoboWeek! Did you know Mexican wolves have a complex social structure and an intricate communication system just like other canids? This includes body postures, scent marking, and numerous vocalizations (howling, barking, whining, growling). They live in extended family groups, or packs, consisting of an adult mated pair and their offspring, often from several generations. The pair is usually monogamous, and they typically are the only breeding animals in the pack. Although highly variable

Dear Mexican wolf pup, May you dream of a world where vibrant populations Mexican wolves roam landscapes across the American southwest; where lobos no longer cower on the edge of extinction; and where every child learns of, and respects, your essential kin.

The Mexican wolf is a highly family-oriented animal and an irreplaceable “top dog” in the ecosystems of some of the Americas’ last great wildernesses. They typically live in packs of 8-10 individuals, with a male and female as their pack leaders.⁠⁠ There’s so much to love about this top dog. 🐺⁠ Come and visit them for yourselves at the Endangered Wolf Center and embark on our Endangered Species Tour with our wildly knowledgeable educators. ⁠⁠#endangeredwolfcenter #conservationinaction #endanger

Mexican gray wolves roam the wilds of eastern Arizona and western New Mexico. With fewer than 100 of them in the wild, these wolves are one of the rarest and most endangered species on the continent. By the middle of the 20th century nearly all known wild Mexican gray #wolves were exterminated by the federal government at the behest of the cattle industry. Later, the last 5 known remaining wild wolves were captured for a captive-breeding program. In 1990 the Center for Biological Diversity filed

On this day 27 years ago, the Mexican wolf was reintroduced into the Blue Range Recovery Area. 🐺 March 29th, 1998: 11 wolves were released into Arizona and New Mexico. Today there are a minimum of 286 wolves in this population. 🐺 A minimum of 60 packs were reported, 37 in New Mexico and 23 in Arizona. 🐺164 pups were born in the wild in 2024. “Prior to the first release into the wild, many thought that a successful free-ranging wild Mexican wolf population was impossible, but as we can see fro