Asha denied freedom for failure to breed
Advocates are protesting the US Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to deny freedom for Asha, a wild-born wolf who was captured for wandering outside arbitrary political boundaries.
Almost Ancestors Film
Lobos of the Southwest is thrilled to announce the creation of a short film, Almost Ancestors, to illustrate the parallel paths of displacement experienced by Mexican gray wolves (lobos) and indigenous peoples.
Award-winning filmmaker Brišind (The Doctrine of Recovery) created and directed the film.
Experience the story of a young Hopi woman facing displacement in a changing landscape, threatening her connection to the land and her family. Her kinship with a lobo and her call toward community guide her on an incredible journey to a sacred place called home.
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Read All NewsFree Asha, the wild wolf, and her packmates
Asha's independence captured our imaginations and her bravery captured our hearts. Let's give her a chance to do it again by releasing her with her companions, Arcadia and Horizon.
Wildlife advocates celebrate wolf dispersal, decry capture of female lobo
Advocates are asking agencies to let a pair of wolves continue to roam freely in the Grand Canyon ecoregion where they have chosen to make their home.
Conservationists push feds for ‘commonsense’ changes in release of Mexican gray wolf pups
Conservation groups are pushing federal wildlife managers to change the way endangered Mexican gray wolves are released into the wild, urging agencies to resume releases of well-bonded wolf families with their pups.
Letter Urges Mexican Gray Wolves to Be Released as Families
A coalition of conservation organizations requested that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service resume releasing captive-born Mexican gray wolf pairs together with their pups into Arizona and New Mexico. Releases of wolf families that survive and breed would diversify the wild population’s depleted gene pool.
Let the Caldera wolf pack roam together
The Caldera Pack wolf family has a great chance at thriving together, and it’s up to the humans to let them try it. NMDGF and USFWS need to release them together, in the wild, where wolves belong.
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Mexican Wolves in the Wild