What is the Minnesota Zoos role in Mexican Wolf recovery?
The Minnesota Zoo became involved with this Mexican Gray Wolf Species Survival Program (SSP) in the fall of 1994, with two females and one male at the outset. In 2003, it received a significant achievement award from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) for its involvement with the program after celebrating the birth of seven pups in May of that year. And, in fact, the Meridian Pack female featured in this article (known as “Alita” before she was released to the wild) was born and raised at the Minnesota Zoo.
