Tuesday, November 26, 2013
A public hearing about the Mexican grey wolf will be held
next Tuesday evening (December 3) in
Pinetop.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed to relist the
Mexican gray wolf as a separate subspecies. They are also proposing to make
changes to the rules governing Mexican gray wolves.
The conservation group Defenders of Wildlife says only a few
of these changes will actually promote recovery of the gray wolves' gene pool.
The 75 Mexican gray wolves in New Mexico and Arizona are all
descended from only seven wolves.
Scientists say that more releases of new
wolves from captivity are needed to strengthen the gene pool.
All but one public hearing on the issue were canceled
because of the government shutdown. A new public hearing has been scheduled
for next Tuesday (December 3) in Pinetop. It’s from 6 to 8:30pm at the Hon-Dah
Conference Center.
For more information or to make a formal public comment go
to www.defenders.org.
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