Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Gray wolf's shooting death investigated

PINETOP - Federal agents are investigating the suspicious death of an endangered Mexican gray wolf near Pinetop.

The female wolf was found on Jan. 19. It had died from a gunshot wound and was dumped along Highway 260.

The wolf was part of the Moonshine Pack in the Mexican Wolf Reintroduction
Project in Arizona and New Mexico.

"Every wolf we have helped put back on the landscape deserves a chance to survive in the wild," Benjamin Tuggle, regional director for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Southwest region, said in a statement. "We feel confident that our investigations will identify the responsible parties and they will be brought to justice."

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