# @centerforbiodiv on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVPNxN3AYV5
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/57744976-centerforbiodiv-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/857cdce99f.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-02-26T22:24:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) — https://gondola.cc/CenterForBioDiv

## Caption

Amazing news: Mexican gray wolves are rebounding. 🐺🐾

Last year the number of endangered Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest grew by 33 bringing the wild population up to 319 individuals. 

This is an amazing feat considering just three decades ago there were zero roaming the wild. 

But these canines aren't out of the woods yet: Despite population growth, they're still struggling with genetic diversity and getting killed legally (and illegally.)

Just this week, a newly revealed USFWS document showed that Catron County ranchers are allowed to kill any one endangered Mexican gray wolf who happens to be in the area of two grazing allotments near Quemado, New Mexico.

Several wolf families are in the area, including a likely pregnant, genetically valuable female wolf.

We cannot fully recover this species if they continue to be killed at the whims of the livestock industry. 

The usfws needs to STOP sacrificing wildlife and public lands for livestock industry convenience.

[Video description: A video compilation featuring trail camera footage of Mexican gray wolves in the wild.] 

#mexicangraywolf #newmexico #graywolves #endangeredspecies

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graywolves, newmexico, mexicangraywolf, endangeredspecies

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