Month: October 2012
Homeward Bound After After Unique Collaborative Lobo Event
Lobo Recovery Area in the Gila wilderness taken from Lighthawk plane Wolf Conservation Center (WCC) founder Helene Grimaud, Board President Martha Handler, and curator Rebecca Bose returned home from Sante…
Read MoreWhat is Wildlife Services Hiding?
One might imagine that an agency called “Wildlife Services” would take on a supportive role in safeguarding wildlife. Think again. Often dubbed “the Killing Agency,” this branch of the U.S.…
Read MoreWolf Conservation Center Joins “Project Yellowstone”
Early this morning the Wolf Conservation Center’s (WCC) Maggie Howell and Spencer Wilhelm began their trek to Yellowstone National Park to enjoy the landscape and beasts they work so…
Read MoreAmbassador Wolf Atka Gets His New Toyota
For 100 consecutive days, between May 14 and August 21, 2012, Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program gave up to 100 charities a chance to compete for one of six…
Read MoreMexican Wolf M740 Gets a Clean Bill of Health
Dr Charlie Duffy VMD Last week a small team of Wolf Conservation Center (WCC) staff and volunteers ventured to the WCC’s endangered species facility to capture Mexican gray wolf M740…
Read MoreThe Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center Lends a Helping Paw
Last week it was announced that after months of giving US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) the slip, Mexican wolf F1188, the alpha female of the Fox Mountain Pack, was…
Read MoreAmbassador Wolf Atka Gets Blessed
On Saturday October 13, Atka and crew traveled across the Hudson to meet some great folks Sparkill, NY. We were invited as part of Sparkill’s Christ Church’s annual ECODAY -an…
Read MoreThe Key to Raising Successful, Self-Sufficient Wolves
A recent article and video feature a study that explores keys to wolf pack breeding success in Yellowstone National Park. The study concludes that female body weight and pack size…
Read MoreQuick Check up for Mexican Gray Wolf M740
M740, one of the sixteen critically endangered Mexican gray wolves that call the Wolf Conservation Center (WCC) home as part of a Species Survival Plan under the Endangered Species Act,…
Read MoreFox Mountain Alpha Female Captured By USFWS
After months of giving the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) the slip, Mexican wolf F1188, the alpha female of the Fox Mountain Pack, was unfortunately captured. Back in August,…
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