Mexican wolf pup born at the El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens

Natasha Bretz, Supervisor of the Chihuahuan Desert Area at the El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens will be a featured guest speaker at the Chihuahuan Desert Conference, November 15-16.

Natasha Bretz joined the US Fish and Wildlife Interagency Field Team in 2022 where she helped provide two wolf pups fostered into the Dark Canyon Pack in New Mexico and one pup fostered into the Iron Creek Pack in New Mexico.

The conference will bring together researchers and conservation advocates from across the Chihuahuan Desert to help facilitate collaboration in the region and learn of new programs that have been completed or are underway.

Over the past two years critically endangered Mexican wolf pups have not only been born here, but have also helped to save the species in the wild though the US Fish and Wildlife Cross Fostering program. Zoo efforts have not only been reported in the local media, but now have also been featured in an interactive story on the front page of the Washington Post.

The Zoo is very proud of their Mexican wolf breeding conservation achievements and everyone in El Paso should be as well. The Zoo is a city owned facility with overwhelming support from the community. Take the time to read the story and support the Zoo’s conservation efforts at every opportunity.