# The Mexican Gray Wolf - with Sherry Barrett

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Podcast: [Nature's Secret Service](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-s-secret-service-7185139)
Published: 2026-08-18T07:09:32+00:00
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Meet the former coordinator of Mexican wolf recovery in Arizona and New Mexico. What's the number one cause of death among Mexican gray wolves? You guessed it -- poaching. This week, we jump into the world of the Mexican gray wolf. A slightly smaller subspecies of Canis lupus, the Mexican gray wolf once roamed throughout the Southwestern United States, into Mexico, and as far north as Colorado. Completely extirpated from their natural range by the 1940's, a very small population remained in the wild in Mexico. They were captured and brought into a captive breeding program. Beginning in 1998, the first of those captively bred wolves were reintroduced in New Mexico with additional reintroductions occurring in Arizona in subsequent years. This week's guest, Sherry Barrett, talks to Ed about her experience as the Mexican gray wolf reintroduction coordinator.

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