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PHOTOS: Mexican Gray Wolf puppies

Thursday, July 23, 2015
Mexican gray wolf puppies were born in May at the Brookfield Zoo.
(Courtesy of Brookfield Zoo)
Mexican gray wolf puppies were born in May at the Brookfield Zoo.
(Courtesy of Brookfield Zoo)
One of the Mexican gray wolf puppies that were born in May at Brookfield Zoo.
Zana, a 3-year-old Mexican gray wolf at Brookfield Zoo, with two of her puppies, who were born in late May and recently came out of their den.
The Mexican gray wolf breeding program is managed for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' Mexican Gray Wolf Species Survival Plan.
Mexican gray wolves are the rarest and most genetically distinct subspecies of North American gray wolves. If not for the recovery program, they would likely be extinct in wild.
The US Fish & Wildlife Service first listed the Mexican gray wolves on the Endangered Species List in 1976. Currently 248 wolves live in 55 institutions in the US and Mexico.
As of 2014, 110 wolves are living in the wild in Apache and Gila National Forests in Arizona and New Mexico as a part of reintroduction program.
As of 2014, 110 wolves are living in the wild in Apache and Gila National Forests in Arizona and New Mexico as a part of reintroduction program
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PHOTOS: Mexican Gray Wolf puppies Mexican gray wolf puppies were born in May at the Brookfield Zoo.
Courtesy of Brookfield Zoo

BROOKFIELD, Ill. -- A litter of Mexican Gray Wolf puppies emerged from their den at Brookfield Zoo in June. They were born in May to first-time mother, Zana, 3, and first-time father, Flint, 5.

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