# @usfws on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Da1FHeESStd
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68062751-usfws-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/e980ab4780.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-07-15T21:55:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (@usfws) — https://gondola.cc/usfws

## Caption

A severe drought in 2002 nearly wiped out the U.S. population of Sonoran pronghorn, leaving only 21 individuals remaining in Arizona. For the past two decades, conservation partners met annually to capture, handle and release Sonoran pronghorn to aid in their recovery. Thanks to this multi-agency team, about 450 Sonoran pronghorn are found in Arizona and another 500 in Sonora, Mexico.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Barry M. Goldwater Range, the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, and other state agencies and non-government partners are committed to supporting the recovery of the Sonoran pronghorn. Visit our comments to read the full story.

Video description: In a desert field, people gather around a Sonoran pronghorn being held. One person calmly removes the pronghorn’s blindfold, and the group collectively and gently sets the animal on the ground. Without hesitation, the pronghorn runs towards the horizon, away from the people and into the scrubby desert on a sunny day. The scene is followed by a few clips of pronghorn running into the desert. Cover photo of a pronghorn being processed.

Original footage by Branden Goode, 56th Range Management Office Geographer at Barry M. Goldwater Range in southwestern Arizona. Reel by Rebecca Fabbri/USFWS #sonoranpronghorn #pronghorn #arizona

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sonoranpronghorn, pronghorn, arizona

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