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1997 2011 2016

The Blue Range Wolf Recovery A Wolf/Livestock Coexistence Council is A wild foster mom successfully
Area in Arizona and formed to increase wild wolf numbers adopts Brook eld Zoo pups
New Mexico is identi ed while alleviating the nancial burden Blaze and Brooke.
as a reintroduction site. on farmers and ranchers.

1998 2004 2010 2014 TODAY

The rst zoo-reared Brook eld Zoo opens its Ernesta Wolf is Ernesta is released to the wild in Approximately 100
Mexican gray wolves remodeled REGENSTEIN WOLF transferred to New Mexico with a mate. She gives Mexican gray wolves
are released into the WOODS habitat. Brook eld Zoo. birth to six pups. thrive in the wild,
Blue Range Wolf while some 300 live in
Recovery Area, and The Chicago Zoological After her mate separates from her, 48 facilities across the
these pioneering Society joins the Mexican Ernesta and the pups are brought to United States and Mexico.
11 begin the road Gray Wolf Species a wolf holding facility. Two pups
to resurgence. Survival Plan. are cross-fostered to a wild pack.

Ernesta, a new mate, and the four
remaining pups are rereleased to
the wild.

About Mexican Gray Wolves Write Your
Own Story
• Wolves live in packs and • Smaller than other gray wolves,
communicate their status by they are about the size of a German Wolves deserve their own happily ever after!
vocalization, body language, shepherd dog. They weigh up to Here’s what you can do to help.
and scent marking. Their pack 80 pounds and measure about
structure makes it possible for 5½ feet long, including their tail. Next time you read Little Red Riding
them to prey on animals much Hood or The Three Little Pigs, be creative.
larger than any individual wolf. • Their coloring is a mixture of Make the wolf the hero. Even better, add
tan, gray, auburn, and black. these and other wolf-friendly children’s
• Wolves’ natural prey is hooved books to your library: Look to the North:
animals like deer and elk. • They are the most rare and A Wolf Pup Diary and Nutik, the Wolf Pup
Sometimes they also eat small distinct subspecies of gray by Jean Craighead George, The Story of
mammals like rabbits. They steer wolves in North America. the Kind Wolf by Peter Nickl, and Dream
clear of people whenever possible. Wolf by Paul Goble.

You can also adopt any of our Mexican
gray wolves at CZS.org/ShareTheCare.

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