Albuquerque Zoo has introduced its first pack of Mexican gray wolves at a new conservation and recovery facility.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Albuquerque BioPark Zoo has introduced its first pack of Mexican gray wolves at a new conservation and recovery facility.
The zoo is starting with nine wolves, but the facility is not open to the public. This design aims to minimize human interaction as part of a plan to revive the species.
“They’re large naturalistic habitats, like the wolves would be in the wild. So we have dead tree fall, we have trees and shrubs, we have dead logs on the ground that they can play with and dig under, and they’re large so it gives them the space they need to be natural wolves,” said Lynn Tupa, associate director of the ABQ BioPark.
Visitors can still see other wolves at the zoo. There is a family of wolves in a different habitat available for viewing.