Federal Gunmen Shoot Endangered Mexican Gray Wolf Pup, Target Second Wolf
Newly released records reveal that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to kill two genetically valuable Mexican gray wolves. A 3-month-old female pup on the Gila National Forest in New Mexico — was shot from the air. The other targeted wolf, a young adult male in the Bear Canyon pack, is still alive in the Apache National Forest in Arizona. The Department of Agriculture shot his mother from the air in April while she was thought to be pregnant. Wolves are under siege from the very agencies charged with protecting them.
