Lesson 10:Saving the Mexican Wolves
Lesson 10:Saving the Mexican Wolves
Lesson 10:Saving the Mexican Wolves
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<strong>Mexican</strong> <strong>Wolves</strong> and People1870s1890s1950sSettlers establish ranches in Arizona and New Mexico.Government begins offering bounties to kill wolves.Only a handful of <strong>Mexican</strong> wolves are left in <strong>the</strong> wild.1970 The last confirmed <strong>Mexican</strong> wolf in <strong>the</strong> U.S. is killed.1973 The Endangered Species Act is signed.1976 The <strong>Mexican</strong> wolf is listed as an endangered species.1977– The last wild <strong>Mexican</strong> wolves are caught in Mexico1980 and put in a captive breeding program.1982 The <strong>Mexican</strong> Wolf Recovery Plan is approved.1998 The first eleven <strong>Mexican</strong> wolves are released into <strong>the</strong>wild; five of <strong>the</strong>m are shot.2002 The White Mountain Apache tribe agrees to allowwolves on reservation lands.2003 The first pack of wolves is released onto <strong>the</strong>reservation of <strong>the</strong> White Mountain Apache tribe.2006 An estimated 59 <strong>Mexican</strong> wolves live within <strong>the</strong> BlueRange Wolf Recovery Area.18
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