 The new scorecard for the FWS recovery effort: 58 Mexican wolves in wild. Agents killed 13 on purpose, 18 by accident and let another 43 get killed illegally. Oh, and zero new wolves released since 2007.
Keep reading Seriously? Feds to shoot one of 58 endangered Mexican wolves left in wild
 You can stay with the chatty prairie dogs studied on Wild Kingdom at Ted Turner’s Vermejo Park Ranch in NM. Bonus species: elk, pronghorn, black bear and black-footed ferret.
Keep reading Stay at Ted Turner’s NM ranch, where prairie dogs are promoted alongside bison and endangered ferrets
 Oil companies and their republicans claim protecting the 5,000 aces whee the dunes sagebrush survives will wipe out the NM economy.
Keep reading Republicans try to make villain of dunes sagebrush Lizard
 Mexican wolf numbers are up slightly, the FWS actually released two and a new management is in the works. But is it enough to save this stalled species rescue?
Keep reading Mexican wolves get good news, but is it enough to turn the species around?
 Nova Scotia is going back to barbaric bounties, offering trappers $20 per coyote pelt. They hope to kill 4,000 that way. Finland wolves and ND coyotes also under attack from poachers and snowmobiles.
Keep reading Nova Scotia still paying $20 coyote bounty; Wild bald eagle courts one at zoo
 50 Mexican wolves survive in NM and AZ, up from 42 last year, despite an effort by ranchers to sue and shoot them off public lands.
Keep reading Wild Mexican wolf count up to 50; GA to cut hunting lands
 News today is full of the bad consequences of idiotic exotic pets, from the face-eating chimp to 10 soft-shelled warm weather turtles dumped in NJ. A drug dealer’s serval find a home at a CT museum. Monitor lizard stalks LA.
Keep reading Idiotic exotic pets in the news: attacking chimp, drugdealer serval, wandering monitor lizard & turtles
 A 6th Mexican gray wolf found dead this year, the 5th that died suspiciously. That’s 14% of the tiny population. Arizona Fish and Game says they’ll release a lone wolf soon, but don’t hold your breath.
Keep reading 6th Mexican wolf dead this year (of 42 wild); Arizona proposes finally releasing one
 Across the southwest is a cartoonish squirrel that wears a gray tuxedo and tassles on his ears. You can call them either Abert or Abert’s Squirrel.
Keep reading Abert’s Squirrel: Cartoonish and Likes Western Mountains
 I don’t think it would be asking too much to offer a preliminary finding in the copious and tedious weekly and monthly reports the wolf reintroduction project puts out. Was there a gaping bullet hole? A tire tread? We’re not talking CSI Wolf here.
Keep reading Most Recent Missing Mexican Wolf Found–And He’s Not Dead
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