The last member of the Nantac Pack, Adult Female 873, was shot on July 6 by a member of the Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Project's Interagency Field Team in the Gila National Forest of New Mexico. On June 17, the US Fish and Wildlife Service issued a Permanent Removal Order for the Nantac Pack following the permanent removal criteria established by the Mexican Wolf Adaptive Management Oversight Committee.
The adult pair were translocated into the eastern edge of the Gila National Forest on April 25, 2006. Nantac Adult Male 993 was lethally removed the afternoon of June 18 following a fourth confirmed depredation incident which involved a total of five cows.
The reintroduction project is a multi-agency, cooperative effort among the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD), New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMDGF), USDA Forest Service (USFS), USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services (USDA-WS), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT). Other entities cooperate through the Adaptive Management Work Group that meets quarterly in Arizona and/or New Mexico, including the San Carlos Apache Tribe (SCAT), the Turner Endangered Species Fund (TESF) and Defenders of Wildlife.
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