Rare Wolves on the Brink of Extinction -- Act Now!
Eva Sargent, Defenders of Wildlife
These amazing animals exist nowhere else in the wild, and they are quickly running out of time in their fight for survival.
Over the last year, the number of wild Mexican gray wolves has declined by ten -- a nearly 20 percent reduction in one of the most endangered wild wolf populations in the world. With just two breeding pairs left outside of captivity, these wolves are again threatened with extinction in the wild.
With so few lobos remaining, the loss of even one wolf could spell disaster for this rare wolf.
During the last century, an orchestrated lobo eradication campaign nearly wiped these magnificent animals off the face of the earth.
Fortunately, the federal government protected lobos under the Endangered Species Act in 1976. Then with the help of zoos in the U.S. and Mexico, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service launched a captive breeding program to keep these highly endangered wolves from disappearing forever.
But 33 years later, lobos remain on the brink of extinction in the wild due to past mismanagement that killed or removed too many wolves, increasing criminal poaching of wolves and a vocal anti-wolf minority that has prevented reasonable management to save these important animals.
Help save lobos from a second extinction in the wild. Please take action now.
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For the Wild Ones,
Eva Sargent Director, Southwest Program Defenders of Wildlife |
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Act Now to Save Lobos on the Brink
F836 -- one of the few wild lobos left in the world -- was killed by a lawless wolf-killer last year shortly after being released into the wild. Wolf-killing criminals coupled with years of inflexible management have led this rare sub-species of wolf to the brink of a second extinction in the wild.
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