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AZ: Wildlife officials support wolf alternative

Associated Press

PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Commission is supporting an alternative for managing Mexican gray wolves along the Arizona-New Mexico border.

The commission voted in favor of the alternative during a meeting Tuesday. It said the proposal was developed by 28 cooperating agencies and other stakeholders and will be submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for consideration.

The proposal would allow for up to triple the target number of Mexican wolves in the Southwest from the previous goal of 100. Supporters said that would help with developing a self-sustaining population.

The alterative also calls for a major expansion of the area where wolves can be released and expansion of the area where wolves can disperse and establish territories.

Commission Chairman J.W. Harris said the biggest impediment to wolf reintroduction is social tolerance.

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