Eight Endangered Wolf Cubs Born In Mexican Zoo

Story By: Lisa-Maria Goertz, Sub-Editor: Michael Leidig, Agency: Newsflash

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A Mexican zoo is celebrating the arrival of eight adorable wolf cubs in danger of extinction which were born during the country’s lockdown period.

The eight cubs were born in the Museo del Desierto (Desert Museum) in the city of Saltillo in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila.

The cubs are Mexican Gray Wolf (anis lupus baileyi), listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1976 after a combination of hunting, trapping, poisoning and digging pups from dens drove them to near obliteration.

The governments of the United States and Mexico collaborated in an extreme measure to capture all specimens remaining in the wild to prevent their extinction.

The director of fauna for the museum, Fernando Toledo, told local media that there are four female and four male cubs being monitored closely, but for now, they all seem to all be in good health.

The director said the museum is following all the normal protocols of de-worming and vaccinations.

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The museum shared the images of the wolf cubs on social media with the message: “Good news! For the fifth time, the reproduction of the Mexican Gray Wolf has been successfully achieved!

“The Museum is part of the Binational Programme for the Recovery of the species which has over 50 institutions from the United States and Mexico participating.”

The footage shows the little wolves suckling on their mother and tentatively walking around over the rocks in their zoo home.

The news comes after a zoo in the capital Mexico City also announced the successful birth of more gray wolves in April and mid-June.