#mexican wolf

[wachinyeya]

Mexican Wolf Numbers Growing for 8th Consecutive Year, Soon to Be Howling at a Reserve Near You https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/mexican-wolf-numbers-growing-for-8th-consecutive-year/

#good news #wolves #mexico #mexican wolf #wolf #south america #environmentalism #science #animals #nature #environment #conservation

[wilkpreriowy]

Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi)

Photo © Tim Fitzharris

#grey wolf #mexican wolf #lobo #photography

[achoirofcritters]

I really fell in love with the colors of this shot while editing it.

Mexican wolf at the Cincinnati Zoo, photographed by me of course! Nikon D850, 2022. https://linktr.ee/bjonesphotography

#photography #animals #wolves #original photography #lensblr #photographers on tumblr #wolf #mexican wolf #wildlife #nikon D850 #my photos #cincinnati zoo #digital photography

[wolveswolves]

Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) By Tom J Frey

#wolf #wolves #mexican wolf #wildlife #animals #canis lupus baileyi

[siarczek]

Lobo, the King of Currumpaw

Patreon sketch for @lagomortis

#wolves #wolf #mexican wolf #lobo #lobo the king of currumpaw #the legend of lobo

[adabear]

Boss lady.

#furry #femme #lesbian #mexican wolf #ceo

[dandelionrevolution]

I’m not sure how reliably I’ll be able to keep up with it, but I’ve been wanting to start posting weekly or monthly Good News compilations, with a focus on ecology but also some health and human rights type stuff. I’ll try to keep the sources recent (like from within the last week or month, whichever it happens to be), but sometimes original dates are hard to find. Also, all credit for images and written material can be found at the source linked; I don’t claim credit for anything but curating.

Anyway, here’s some good news from the first week of March!

1. Mexican Wolf Population Grows for Eighth Consecutive Year

““In total, 99 pups carefully selected for their genetic value have been placed in 40 wild dens since 2016, and some of these fosters have produced litters of their own. While recovery is in the future, examining the last decade of data certainly provides optimism that recovery will be achieved.””

2. “Remarkable achievement:” Victoria solar farm reaches full power ahead of schedule

“The 130MW Glenrowan solar farm in Victoria has knocked out another milestone, reaching full power and completing final grid connection testing just months after achieving first generation in late November.”

3. UTEP scientists capture first known photographs of tropical bird long thought lost

“The yellow-crested helmetshrike is a rare bird species endemic to Africa that had been listed as “lost” by the American Bird Conservancy when it hadn’t been seen in nearly two decades. Until now.”

4. France Protects Abortion as a 'Guaranteed Freedom' in Constitution

“[A]t a special congress in Versailles, France’s parliament voted by an overwhelming majority to add the freedom to have an abortion to the country’s constitution. Though abortion has been legal in France since 1975, the historic move aims to establish a safeguard in the face of global attacks on abortion access and sexual and reproductive health rights.”

5. [Fish & Wildlife] Service Approves Conservation Agreement for Six Aquatic Species in the Trinity River Basin

“Besides conserving the six species in the CCAA, activities implemented in this agreement will also improve the water quality and natural flows of rivers for the benefit of rural and urban communities dependent on these water sources.”

6. Reforestation offset the effects of global warming in the southeastern United States

“In America’s southeast, except for most of Florida and Virginia, “temperatures have flatlined, or even cooled,” due to reforestation, even as most of the world has grown warmer, reports The Guardian.”

7. Places across the U.S. are testing no-strings cash as part of the social safety net

“Cash aid without conditions was considered a radical idea before the pandemic. But early results from a program in Stockton, Calif., showed promise. Then interest exploded after it became clear how much COVID stimulus checks and emergency rental payments had helped people. The U.S. Census Bureau found that an expanded child tax credit cut child poverty in half.”

8. The Road to Recovery for the Florida Golden Aster: Why We Should Care

“After a five-year review conducted in 2009 recommended reclassifying the species to threatened, the Florida golden aster was proposed for removal from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants due to recovery in June 2021, indicating the threats to the species had been reduced or eliminated.”

9. A smart molecule beats the mutation behind most pancreatic cancer

“Researchers have designed a candidate drug that could help make pancreatic cancer, which is almost always fatal, a treatable, perhaps even curable, condition.”

10. Nurses’ union at Austin’s Ascension Seton Medical Center ratifies historic first contract

“The contract, which NNOC said in a news release was “overwhelmingly” voted through by the union, includes provisions the union believes will improve patient care and retention of nurses.”

This and future editions will also be going up on my new Ko-fi, where you can support my art and get doodled phone wallpapers! EDIT: Actually, I can't find any indication that curating links like this is allowed on Ko-fi, so to play it safe I'll stick to just posting here on Tumblr. BUT, you can still support me over on Ko-fi if you want to see my Good News compilations continue!

#hopepunk #good news #wolf #wolves #mexican wolf #conservation #solar #solar power #birds #abortion #healthcare #abortion rights #reproductive rights #reproductive health #fish and wildlife #turtles #alligator snapping turtle #snapping turtle #river #reforestation #global warming #climate change #climate solutions #poverty #social safety net #flowers #endangered species #cancer #science #union

[soyfotos]

Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) at the Brookfield Zoo

#wolf #gray wolf #mexican wolf #brookfield zoo #animal #photography

[pktechgirlus]

Photo: LDeans

#mexican wolf #international wolf day #living desert zoo #photography

[bun-the-tiger]

Mexican Wolf Therian Flag

#mexican wolf #wolf #wolf therian #mexican wolf therian #theriotype #alterhuman #canine therian

[wilkpreriowy]

Mexican wolves (Canis lupus baileyi) Lehigh Valley Zoo, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, USA

Photo by John

#mexican wolf #wolf #grey wolf #photography

[plethoraworldatlas]

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the number of endangered Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest grew by 15 last year — from 242 in 2022 to 257 in 2023. Of those 257 wolves, 144 were observed or tracked in western New Mexico and 113 in eastern Arizona.

The tepid 6% growth occurred mostly through reproduction in the wild; wolves who were released from captivity into the wild did not fare well. There were 87 pups-of-the-year seen alive at the end of 2023, including only one surviving pup out of 16 captive-born pups released into the dens of wild wolves last year.

“Mexican wolves’ population growth renders them more resilient to perils ranging from wildfires to poachers, but these numbers are still disappointingly low,” said Michael Robinson, a senior conservation advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity. “I no longer worry that all the wolves could suddenly disappear. While that’s clearly a good thing, the government’s genetic mismanagement still threatens to doom this unique, arid-lands subspecies of the gray wolf.”

All the Mexican gray wolves who have been reintroduced since 1998 came from just seven wild-caught wolves bred in captivity decades ago. Since that time the genetic diversity in today’s reintroduced population has dropped to just 2.09 of those seven, meaning every Mexican gray wolf is almost as closely related to the next as siblings are. This genetic diversity was lost due to live removals and killings, coupled with few effective releases.

Releases from captivity are necessary but insufficient to diversify the wild population because the captive population retains the genetic equivalent of 2.85 wolves, which is 36% more than in the wild population. In 2016 the Service began releasing captive-born pups. Since then 99 pups have been placed into wild wolves’ dens, but 73 of those 99 disappeared, while another 12 were found dead. Just 14 are known to be alive in the wild presently, including the one from last year.

Yet the Service still refuses to release wolf families from captivity together into the wild, a practice the agency itself has stated has a 66% success rate in areas with adequate prey. The last time the Service released a well-bonded male-female pair with pups was in 2006, after which it discontinued family releases because of livestock industry opposition.

“The tragic disappearances of three-quarters of the released pups, along with the Service's failure to solve the genetic crisis it’s created, is an argument for immediately getting back to releasing wolves as families,” said Robinson. “Moms, dads and pups should gain their freedom together. That would give these irreplaceable animals the best chance of surviving.”

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Thirty-one wolves are known to have died in 2023. The Service has tentatively identified 11 as having been killed illegally and will likely eventually determine, based on past examples, that most of the rest also died from gunshots. The alpha male of the Mangas pack was shot in April by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for killing cattle. Another male wolf in New Mexico died inadvertently in an agency-set leghold trap in September. Two died after being hit by vehicles, and one died after suffering an injury from natural causes.

#ecology #enviromentalism #let wolves live #wolves #mexican wolf #us fish and wildlife service #wolf reintroduction #rewilding #livestock industry

[boofboofdogdog]

A beautiful Mexican wolf I photographed on my zoo trip this week! The keepers told me his name is Carson! 🐾

#wolf #wolf therian #mexican wolf #therianthropy #caninekin #dog therian

[dangerwood]

Tagged Skins (Mexican Wolf Repository III)

Oil on 2x2' canvas.

Deceased Mexican gray wolves, an endangered species, are skinned and preserved for permanent collection at the Museum of Southwestern Biology.

Some were pierced by government tags that they had endured while alive, and some had evidence tags attached because they had been victims of illegal poaching.

The museum collection becomes a shrine-like tomb, fascinating stories preserved for science.

#artandscience #mexican gray wolf #mexican wolf #endangered species #oil painting

[mountainswolfe]

Mexican Gray Wolf aka Lobo. Smallest sub species of gray wolf in the US and often confused for a coyote! Especially with their narrower skulls and generally darker coats.

#therian #therianthropy #alterhuman #wolfkin #lobo #Mexican wolf #Mexican gray wolf #theriotype

[guiltyidealist]

guys oh my god transgender

#shitpost #wolves #mexican wolf