02/24/2026
🚨Breaking news: A recently released U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service document permits ranchers in Catron County, New Mexico, to kill any endangered Mexican gray wolf found within the area of two grazing allotments near Quemado.
The permit does not specify which wolf can be targeted or document any livestock losses that would justify this action.
Several wolf families are present in the area, including Nora, a likely pregnant, genetically valuable female from the Elk Horn pack.
“Nora was released from the Mexican wolf Saving Animals From Extinction (SAFE) program to help boost the genetics of her imperiled species. And now the very agency tasked with Mexican wolf recovery is allowing political pressure to influence their efforts? This is unacceptable. We trust you with the well-being of these wolves,” said Regan Downey, director of education and advocacy at the Wolf Conservation Center, a SAFE participant.
🔗Read more: https://nywolf.org/2026/02/trump-administration-allows-ranchers-to-kill-endangered-mexican-wolf/
