Feds decide not to release wolves in Arizona

Wildlife officials have decided to return a pair of endangered Mexican gray wolves to captivity after their pups died in an acclimation pen where the would-be pack was awaiting release in eastern Arizona. The so-called Coronado Pack was moved from Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico to a site south of Alpine in late April. The adult pair are being held inside a chain-link fence in Apache National Forest and will be returned to a captive-wolf center this week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said. It would not say which center...more