# @centerforbiodiv on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx51oHbtyv2
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8998629-centerforbiodiv-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/152ac38538.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-10-02T16:49:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) — https://gondola.cc/CenterForBioDiv

## Caption

This trail camera footage of a Mexican wolf pup serves as a testament to the efficacy of the Endangered Species Act, which has now been around for 50 years. 

Mexican gray wolves are a subspecies native to Mexico and the southwestern United States that were nearly wiped out in the U.S. by the mid-1970s. The subspecies was saved following the passage of the Endangered Species Act in 1973 through the captive breeding of last six surviving wolves. 

Though their numbers have since grown to a reported 241 wolves in 2022, Mexican gray wolves remain one of the rarest and most imperiled mammals on the continent and still suffer from a lack of genetic diversity. For more than 30 years, the Center has worked to recover Mexican wolves in the wild and we won't stop until this species is fully recovered. 

🎥 Courtesy USFWS / Mexican Wolf Interagency Management Team

#ESAat50 #endangeredspecies #mexicangraywolf #graywolf

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esaat50, mexicangraywolf, graywolf, endangeredspecies

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