9/23, Berkeley, The Mexican Grey Wolf Slideshow

[Guest guest]

Contact: " Ecology Center " <erc, 510-548-2220 x233

 

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This Thursday, September 23, 2004

The Mexican Grey Wolf, Slideshow and Discussion

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Michael J. Robinson of the non-profit organization Center for

Biological Diversity will present a slide show and discussion about the

Mexican gray wolf, North America's most imperiled mammal. The Mexican

wolf was the victim of a concerted government campaign of extermination

that came within five animals of wiping out the species entirely. After

passage of the Endangered Species Act in 1973, those last animals were

captured alive, leaving no known lobos in the wild. After two decades of

an emergency captive breeding program, in March 1998 the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service -- the agency that had previously spread poison to kill

wolves -- began releasing the progeny of those last wild survivors into

southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. The return of the lobo

has already begun to restore the balance between predator and prey,

recreating the evolutionary force that resulted in strong elk, graceful

and agile bighorn sheep, and alert deer. But the wolves have had an

uphill battle against a government dominated by the livestock industry.

The slide program not only will feature plenty of photos of wolves, but

also a discussion of the problems that the reintroduced wolves are facing

and what you can do to help ensure their survival.

 

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Time: 7 pm - 9 pm.

Location: Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave, near Dwight Way, Berkeley.

Cost: free.

Info: 510-548-2220 x233.

Wheelchair accessible.