A beloved Mexican gray wolf, who was known among conservationists as a symbol of hope for the endangered species, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Arizona. Several agencies have ...

FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AZFamily) — Federal officials are offering over $100,000 for information surrounding the death of an endangered Mexican gray wolf. Hope was found dead by conservation groups west ...

“If people know they can get away with killing a Mexican gray wolf, there's no incentive to not kill them,” said Cyndi Tuell, Arizona and New Mexico director of Western Watersheds Project.

The smallest gray wolf subspecies in North America ... At the end of 2023, just 257 Mexican gray wolves were counted in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico. These wolves are losing genetic diversity ...

On January 4, 2025, the Arizona Daily Star published ... By the 1970s, organized killing of Mexican wolves, a unique subspecies of gray wolf, had eliminated them from the U.S. and nearly ...

Such cross-breeding with the larger northern gray wolves could lead to the loss of the Mexican wolf as a separate subspecies, Jeff Buchana, Arizona Game and Fish Commissioner, has said.

“If people know they can get away with killing a Mexican gray wolf, there's no incentive to not kill them,” said Cyndi Tuell, Arizona and New Mexico director of Western Watersheds Project. “There's ...