Inconsistency at Game and Fish: After state rejoins wolf recovery program, two pups caught in leghold traps

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By Kendra Chamberlain
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Mexican Wolf (CC BY 2.0) by Becker1999

A Mexican gray wold photographed at the Columbus Zoo in Columbus, Ohio. New Mexico rejoined a federal recovery program for the species in early November.

In early November, the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish formally rejoined the federal Mexican Wolf Recovery Program as a lead agency. The department signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to establish a framework for collaboration with Fish and Wildlife on the recovery program for the endangered animal.

On November 14, just one week later, a Mexican gray wolf pup was caught and injured in a leghold trap that had been set in the Gila National Forest. A second wolf pup was later spotted with a piece of another leghold trap still attached to its injured paw.

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