"Mexican Gray Wolf found dead in Arizona"

[Koa]

Just came across this article... :/

On July 6, law enforcement officials from Arizona Game and Fish Department recovered the body of Mexican Gray Wolf. The carcass was found near Big Lake in the Apache and Sitgreaves National Forests.

The carcass is that of AM806, an adult male wolf that was released into the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area in 2006. The recovery area includes 4.4 million acres in the Gila National Forest in New Mexico and Arizona’s Apache National Forest.

This is the third wolf death documented within the recovery area this year.

Full article :
http://kunm.org/post/mexican-gray-wolf-found-dead-arizona

[Sintact]

Do they know the cause of death of the animal?

[Koa]

Do they know the cause of death of the animal?

Not yet. They're sending him to a forensics lab for his body to be checked. I'm curious to see as to why he died... don't think they mentioned any gunshot wounds so it was probably something else.

[CrystalsAndSwords]

Maybe a disease killed him or was there some sort of injury? If there was, it may have been attacked by another animal, harmed in a hunt or hunters could have used a new technique instead of using guns. Who knows.

[Edme1]

I hope it was a natural cause, such as a disease or wild predator. Hopefully we don't see too many more reports of unknown wolf deaths.

[Koa]

Maybe a disease killed him or was there some sort of injury? If there was, it may have been attacked by another animal, harmed in a hunt or hunters could have used a new technique instead of using guns. Who knows.

I hope it was a natural cause, such as a disease or wild predator. Hopefully we don't see too many more reports of unknown wolf deaths.

Won't know 'till the autopsy reaches the news. Until then, the canine's death shall remain a mystery. Though no wolves were killed en masse/of mass 'diseases' that could spread to other wolves, it's still a blow to this fragile population.

[Waxing_Moon]

I did a bit of research and found the area were the wolf was found dead. It is a fairly secluded wilderness area with virtually no roads, so I have my hopes up and fingers crossed the a human didn't kill it. Not that I want the wolf to be dead even if it is naturally causes. x3

http://a-place-for-my-drawing.tumblr.co ... 8942843412

The lake that you see to the east is Big Lake. The southern part of the lake has a few camp grounds, but the northern side is fairly unpopulated. I believe the wolf found in this forest was one of the early ones, but later one were found closer to the lake.

~Kaza

[Alfachick13]

I think it is super sad the the wolf died but it s a good thing beacouse it told scientists to do something about it and how the numbers have been rising is phonamimal but i hope that wolf died of natrual causes not human

[Koa]

I did a bit of research and found the area were the wolf was found dead. It is a fairly secluded wilderness area with virtually no roads, so I have my hopes up and fingers crossed the a human didn't kill it. Not that I want the wolf to be dead even if it is naturally causes. x3

http://a-place-for-my-drawing.tumblr.co ... 8942843412

The lake that you see to the east is Big Lake. The southern part of the lake has a few camp grounds, but the northern side is fairly unpopulated. I believe the wolf found in this forest was one of the early ones, but later one were found closer to the lake.

~Kaza

Thanks for that, Kaza! I doubt someone would really go "great lengths" to kill a wolf that is situated in said area, but it hasn't really stopped others in the past, I'm afraid.

I think it is super sad the the wolf died but it s a good thing beacouse it told scientists to do something about it and how the numbers have been rising is phonamimal but i hope that wolf died of natrual causes not human

The Mexican gray wolf population has been 'in question'/"low" for a very long time... the gene pool is very limited and thus allows issues with inbreeding.

[Alfachick13]

Thanks for that bit of information kao and kaza and Waxing_Moon i am now relieved that the wolf had small chances of dieing beacouse of human i am sad that it died but if humans were the cause i would be mad at the human race for destroying these creatures we have killed enough animals to extinction lest hope the killing of inocent creatures will stop like with sharks and whales

[celawolf]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[valkea]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :cry:

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[_Denali_]

That's horrible! I feel so bad for that poor wolf.

[Koa]

That's horrible! I feel so bad for that poor wolf.

It stinks, but the most we can do for Mexican gray wolves right now is stop fawning over the gray wolves in America that don't need any help whatsoever and directing our attention to these guys.

[_Denali_]

That's horrible! I feel so bad for that poor wolf.

It stinks, but the most we can do for Mexican gray wolves right now is stop fawning over the gray wolves in America that don't need any help whatsoever and directing our attention to these guys.

True. Although I still feel that all wolves need our help.