NMDGF: At Least Seven Mexican Wolf Pups Successfully Cross-Fostered Into Wild Packs
New Mexico Department of Game & Fish News:
Record number of cross-fostered pups captured and collared by field team
The Mexican Wolf Interagency Field Team (IFT) has successfully captured and radio-collared seven of this year’s cross-fostered pups, documenting record success for the program.
Last spring, members of the IFT and the Mexican Wolf Species Survival Plan cross-fostered a total of 20 genetically diverse wolf pups from captive facilities into litters of wild wolf packs.
As part of ongoing efforts to record survival of cross-fostered pups, IFT reports the following: