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Endangered Mexican Gray Wolf Transferred for Breeding Program

4/3/2026

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A critically endangered Mexican gray wolf at the San Francisco Zoo is being moved to a New Mexico conservation center for breeding.
The transfer aims to release her pups into the wild to aid the subspecies' recovery.
Tina Hunter Burnam, the zoo's Curator of Carnivores, says the move is significant.
About 286 Mexican gray wolves live in the wild and 380 are in captivity.

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A critically endangered Mexican gray wolf at the San Francisco Zoo is being moved to a New Mexico conservation center for breeding.
The transfer aims to release her pups into the wild to aid the subspecies' recovery.
Tina Hunter Burnam, the zoo's Curator of Carnivores, says the move is significant.
About 286 Mexican gray wolves live in the wild and 380 are in captivity.