US Fish and Wildlife Services Releases Dangerous Mexican Gray Wolf; Catron County Demands Removal

The Mexican Gray Wolf pack called the Durango pack was officially translocated to the Gila National Forest. US Fish and Wildlife Services decided to release this pack on the 24th one day earlier than the scheduled April 25th release date from their soft holding pen. Today, Catron County New Mexico has requested immediate removal of this wolf in their following statement “Notice of Finding of Imminent Danger, Wolf Durango F924” due to this wolf’s history of biting and drawing blood on a human...This letter is a Notice of Finding of Imminent Danger by the Catron County Commission and constitutes a demand for immediate removal of Mexican wolf F924 from the Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery program as per Catron County Amended Ordinance 001-2007 and pursuant to 63 C.F.R. § 1752 and 1759 and 50 C.F.R. § 17.84(k). For the reasons set forth herein and pursuant to Amended Catron County Ordinance 001-2007 (“Ordinance”), the Catron County Commission has determined that Mexican wolf F924 (“wolf”) is by definition a threat to human safety and a problem wolf as per the ordinance and federal regulation. Specifically this wolf has a known history of causing imminent danger to humans, including children or other defenseless persons, domestic animals and/or livestock pursuant to Section 1 and Section 2 of the Ordinance. Because of this wolf’s past behavior, pursuant to section 4 of Ordinance 001-2007, Catron County submits this demand for immediate removal of this wolf from the Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery program. The facts surrounding this request are as follows....