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Lobo was a North American Mexican gray wolf who lived in the Currumpaw Valley (Corrumpa Creek [1]) in New Mexico.During the 1890s, Lobo and his pack, having been deprived of their natural prey such as bison, elk, and pronghorn by settlers, became forced to prey on the settlers' livestock to survive.
The Mexican wolf is the smallest of North America's gray wolf subspecies, [9] weighing 50–80 lb (23–36 kg) with an average height of 28–32 in (710–810 mm) and an average length of 5.5 ft (1.7 m). [10]
Mexican wolves and related subspecies are important to many tribes in the Southwestern United States, including the Apache,Akimel O'odham/Pima, Diné/Navajo, Hopi, and Havasupai. Several of these tribes have traditional stories, names and rituals associated with wolves. [55] [56] Further information: Mexican wolf § History
There were 257 Mexican wolves surviving in the range in 2023, a six-percent increase from the 242 lobos counted in 2022. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For ...
Thousands of gray wolves roamed America's wilderness for centuries until hunters, ranchers and others nearly decimated the species. In 1973, the federal government listed them as endangered in the ...
As of 2023, the Mexican wolf population stood at 257, a big gain for a species that was on the brink of extinction.. The number is a stark contrast to decades prior, when the species was close to ...
Government-sponsored eradication programs almost wiped out the Mexican wolf in the lower 48 United States. In the mid-1970s, only seven unrelated Mexican wolves were available to start a captive breeding program. Today, as a result of that successful breeding program, there are approximately 83 free-ranging Mexican wolves living in the wild.
The wild population of Mexican gray wolves in the southwestern U.S. is still growing, but environmental groups are warning that inbreeding and the resulting genetic crisis within the endangered ...