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| The Mexican Gray Wolf |
The beautiful Mexican Gray Wolf once roamed the southwest region of the United States and Mexico freely. Due to vast human settlement, the species came into conflict with human activities the species had been removed by the mid-1900's in the United States ("Center for Biological Diversity"). The Endangered Species Act emerged in 1973 protecting species that are endangered or approaching endangerment to conserve such and to fund and carry out actions to ensure reestablishment of the species. In 1976, the Mexican Gray Wolf was listed as endangered
("Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Program"). Since the ESA enlisting, numerous steps have been taken to save the Mexican Gray Wolf. In the late 1970's and early 1980's 5 wolves were captured and held captive for breeding in Mexico to save the species from absolute extinction ("Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Program"). Since then, extensive measures have been taken to reintroduce the wolves in the southwest region of the United States. Despite numerous steps forward, the Mexican Gray Wolves are possibly on the horizon for a second extinction. Decades of hard work and planning have gone into the reintroduction of Mexican Gray Wolves, but the results observed aren't as positive as expected and are suffering set backs.
