Wolf Crossing

 After a federal judge restored Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains, Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and other state and federal officials criticized the decision while advocates for the predator reacted with joy.By JOHN MILLERAssociated Press WriterBOISE, Idaho — After a federal judge restored Endangered Species Act protections for […]

Gray wolf sighted in New Mexico
Species could have spread from northern Rockies.
From the Associated Press
7:38 PM PDT, June 30, 2008
SANTA FE — A possible gray wolf has been sighted on a ranch in northern New Mexico, raising the prospect that wolves may have migrated into the state from the Northern Rockies where they were reintroduced […]

Estimated to be a small 3 -3.5 year old male. The lion is being sent for testing for rabies but gave the appearance of overall health.  The lion did have a shotgun pellet wound in it’s back believed to be from being shot at during the sighting by a NMDG&F officer Thurday night,  just prior […]

Fact. In February a lion took a housecat sunning itself on a ledge, ignored its owners who were sitting closeby.
Fact. In the spring a neighbor complained that the man across the road was feeding raw chicken to a mountain lion.
Fact. June 12. A couple walking their dog saw the lion behind a barbed wire fence […]

 
   
New Mexico Department of Game and  Fish Media contact: Dan Williams, (505)  476-8004
Public contact: (505)  476-8000 dan.williams@state.nm.us 
FOR IMMEDIATE  RELEASE, JUNE 23, 2008: 
SEARCH CONTINUES  FOR LION THAT KILLED PINOS ALTOS MAN PINOS ALTOS, N.M. –
New  Mexico Department of Game and Fish officers and U.S.D.A. Wildlife Services  agents used dogs and snares this week in a continuing […]