Permits to kill endangered wolves are increasingly being handed over to ranchers

Such killings are not new but are typically carried out by wildlife officials.
The Durango Herald

Proposed Endangered Species Act rollbacks could limit future habitat for Mexican wolves

Late last month, the Trump administration proposed to roll back specific Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations that would, among other changes, severely limit the designation of critical habitat ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Mexican Gray Wolf Numbers Reach 319 in Southwest

SILVER CITY, N.M.— The Arizona and New Mexico wildlife agencies today jointly announced that the number of endangered Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest grew by 33 last year — to 319 in 2025 from ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Mexican Wolf ‘Taylor’ Back Home Near New Mexico’s Mount Taylor

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— An endangered Mexican gray wolf named Taylor has once again returned to his namesake mountain west of Albuquerque after having been captured and relocated twice by the New Mexico ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

Mexican gray wolf captured, returned to Gila after leaving territory earlier this year

A Mexican gray wolf spotted north of Interstate 40 earlier this year has been captured by helicopter and returned to the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area. Male wolf M3065, nicknamed “Taylor” ...