Mexican Wolf SOP 11.1: Operating Procedures of Domestic Livestock and Pet Depredations

Mexican Wolf SOP 11.1: Operating Procedures of Domestic Livestock and Pet Depredations
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This SOP describes the procedures Interagency Field Team personnel will follow when domestic livestock or pets are discovered dead or injured and wolf predation is the suspected cause of the injury or death.

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A mexican wolf with a blue radio collar lays on the ground looking behind it
Once common throughout parts of the Southwestern U.S. and Mexico, the Mexican wolf was all but eliminated from the wild by the 1970s due to conflicts with livestock. In 1976, the Mexican wolf was listed as endangered and a binational captive breeding program was initiated soon after to save this...
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Albuquerque,NM
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Southwest