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Trump Administration Executive Order Targets Wolves to Appease Ranchers
Under the guise of supporting ranchers from livestock loss due to predation, the Trump administration issued an EO targeting gray wolves and Mexican wolves.
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Mexican Gray Wolf Program Cuts Worsen as Arizona Puts Up New Barriers
Arizona's legislature passed a bill that would end Mexican gray wolf puppy transfers, undermining cross-fostering efforts critical to the species' recovery.
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¡Que vivan los lobos!
Conservationists are celebrating the historic translocation of two families of Mexican gray wolves in Durango, Mexico, almost 50 years after the last wolves were removed
More Mexican Gray Wolf Press Releases
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Mexican Gray Wolf Numbers Reach 317 in Southwest
The Arizona and New Mexico wildlife agencies today jointly announced that the number of endangered Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest grew by 31 last year — to 319 in 2025 from 286 in 2024.
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Defenders Signs onto Letter Demanding Release of Female Mexican Gray Wolf
Thirty-six conservation groups representing millions of members and supporters from across the United States today sent a formal letter to the U.S. Department of the
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Defenders, Conservationists Celebrate Female Mexican Gray Wolf Movement
Female Mexican gray wolf 2996 has peacefully wandered north of Interstate 40 in New Mexico toward Mount Taylor, an area of pristine habitat teeming with
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Defenders Denounces Appalling ESA Amendments Act Ahead of 3/25 House Hearing
Defenders of Wildlife denounced the appalling ESA Amendments Act of 2025 ahead of a hearing for the bill in the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries this coming Tuesday, March 25.
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Defenders Statement on Investigation into the Death of a Mexican Gray Wolf
State and federal wildlife officials are offering a more than $100,000 reward in the death of a Mexican gray wolf found near a Forest Service
jcovey@defenders.org
