2018年大灰狼周快樂！#2018LoboWeek

Happy Lobo Week! In March 1998, 11 captive-reared Mexican wolves were released to the wild in Arizona and New Mexico, their ancestral home from which they had been missing for over 30 years. This month marks the 20th anniversary of the historic first release efforts which restored this unique gray wolf species to the mountains of the southwest. The Chicago Zoological Society (CZS) at Brookfield Zoo is celebrating #loboweek by sharing some facts about the Mexican wolf recovery program.

大灰狼周快樂！在1998年三月，11隻人工飼養的墨西哥灰狼在亞利桑那州和新墨西哥州被放歸大自然，那裡是他們一直以來的家，雖然那裡已經三十年來都沒有看到過一隻灰狼了。20年前的這次放生歷史意義重大，它恢復了西南山區的這種獨特灰狼物種，而這個月是這次放生的20周年紀念。位於布魯克菲爾德動物園（Brookfield是威斯康星州的一個城市）的芝加哥動物協會（CZS）分享了一些關於墨西哥狼恢復計劃的進展來慶祝這次的大灰狼周。

There are five living subspecies of gray wolves found in North America. Mexican wolves are the most genetically unique of those subspecies. Mexican wolves, or lobos, came close to extinction in the mid-1970s due to habitat loss and human impact. Often perceived as a threat to humans and livestock, these predators were eradicated from their native lands. In 1976 they were recognized as an endangered species and the first recovery efforts began.

在北美洲，目前已發現的有五種現存的灰狼亞種。在這些亞種中，墨西哥灰狼在基因上最具有獨特性。墨西哥灰狼，或者說大灰狼，在1970年代因為棲息地銳減和人類活動的衝擊，幾近絕跡。因為經常被人們視作對人類生活和畜牧業的一大危險，這種食肉動物在自己的家園裡被斬草除根了。在1976年，大灰狼被認定為瀕危物種，因此第一項物種恢復計劃開始了。

The US and Mexico run a binational recovery effort to help restore lobos to their wild range and CZS has played an important role in these efforts. In 2016, 2 puppies born at Brookfield Zoo were placed in the Arizona-based Elk Horn Pack of wild wolves. The wild pack then fostered the puppies and raised them with their own litter. In 2017, the zoo』s pack contributed two additional puppies from their new litter, this time to the New Mexico-based San Mateo pack. This fostering technique improves genetic diversity of the wild population. Read more about the 2017 fostering at

Chicago Zoological Society - Cross-Foster Recovery Program - Mexican Gray Wolf Pups

美國和墨西哥進行了跨國合作，聯合起來致力於恢復灰狼種族使得它們可以重返在大自然中的家園。芝加哥動物協會（CZS）在其中扮演了重要的角色。在2016年，兩隻在布魯克菲爾德動物園誕生的小狼崽被放回到了活動在亞利桑那州的鹿角野狼群（Elk Horn Pack）。這個狼群接納了這兩個新來的小寶寶並且和它們自己的小崽子們一起撫養長大。在2017年，布魯克菲爾德動物園裡的狼群又從幼崽里貢獻了兩隻小傢伙，這次是加入了活躍在新墨西哥州的聖馬蒂諾狼群（San Mateno Pack）。這種人工養育的狼崽子融入野生狼群的方法可以改善野生狼群的基因多樣性。你可以通過下面的鏈接了解更多內容。