Press Release
2015 MEXICAN WOLF POPULATION SURVEY REVEALS MORE WORK TO BE DONE BUT STRATEGY REMAINS VIABLE
February 2016
The Mexican wolf Interagency Field Team (IFT) has completed the annual year-end population survey, documenting a minimum of 97 Mexican wolves in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico at the end of 2015. At the end of 2014, 110 wild wolves were counted. “These latest population numbers demonstrate we still have more work to do in stabilizing this experimental population and maximizing its anticipated contribution to Mexican wolf recovery,” said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Southwest Regional Director Benjamin Tuggle.

