A federally protected female Mexican wolf has been found dead in an area near the northern Arizona city of Flagstaff. Environmentalists worry someone may have deliberately killed the animal. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Arizona Game and Fish Department said Friday that the wolf was found dead on Nov. 7.
was found dead in an area near the northern Arizona city of Flagstaff , alarming environmentalists who worry someone may have deliberately killed the animal.
If someone deliberately killed the wolf, “the full weight of the federal and state law should be brought to bear” against anyone responsible, Cyndi Tuell, Arizona and New Mexico director of the Western Watersheds Project, said in a statement.Heftier GOP majorities in Arizona Legislature could imperil Democratic governor’s agendaMexican gray wolves are protected under the Endangered Species Act.
The animal was captured, fitted with a GPS collar, and released back into the wild in July. DNA analysis revealed the female had left its pack, known as the Tu Dil Hil pack, in the the designated population area and was traveling on its own with another wolf.
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