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Voracious wildfire in Spain’s wolf stronghold calmed by cool weather![]()
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The arrival of cool weather in Spain following a sweltering early heatwave has helped to stabilize a wildfire of record-breaking dimensions that ravaged swathes of land in the Sierra de la Culebra, home to one of Europe’s largest populations of wolves.![]()
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Aerial surveys of the region late Sunday suggested that woodland, including chestnut groves, accounted for half of the land scorched by the blaze. The flames also destroyed around 1,000 bee hives in the region known for its beekeeping culture.![]()
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The forests and valleys of the Sierra de la Culebra are home to Spain’s largest population of Iberian wolves and are an important habitat for deer and wild boar.![]()
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photo: Wolfphotography.com
3 Mexican Gray Wolves born at zoo released into wild as part of program to cross-foster and breed subspecies![]()
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The El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens is part of the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) cross-fostering and breeding program dedicated to helping boost the genetic diversity of the endangered subspecies, the Mexican Gray Wolf.![]()
Earlier this year, two female and three male puppies were born to the El Paso Zoo’s resident wolf parents, Tazanna and Tulio.![]()
Three of the five born at the El Paso Zoo have been released into five wild wolf packs throughout New Mexico and Arizona along with nine other captive-born ‘pups.’![]()
In the spring the 12 pups were plunked in across the U.S. as part of a coordinated effort, according to the El Paso Zoo, to be placed with genetically diverse, captive born wolves in the wild population in support of recovery efforts.![]()
Cross-fostering has been a proven method used by the Mexican Wolf Interagency Field Team (IFT) to increase genetic diversity in the wild Mexican Wolf population. The process begins with carefully managed breeding by the Mexican Wolf Species Survival Plan (SSP) program to produce genetically diverse pups within the captive population.![]()
Within 14 days of being born, the captive-born pups are transported to the wild and mixed with similarly aged wild pups. Once all the pups are placed back into the wild den, the breeding female’s maternal instinct kicks in and pups raised as wild.![]()
Since the inception of the program, 83 pups have been placed into wild wolf dens and as a![]()
result, three of four genetic metrics have shown improvements.![]()
On the horizon is 2023 planning which is on going. The goal![]()
for 2023 is to place more pups that this current year.![]()
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Photo: El Paso Zoo
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EL PASO, TX (KTSM) – The El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens is part of the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) cross-fostering and breeding program dedicated to helping boost the ...NWC Business Office
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