NM Rancher that runs mitigating Kangal dogs in cattle to stop wolf kills.
“My dogs, they are flat out awesome! Now they are cleaning rabid animals off the place. Of course, when I get them tested, the health departments want the dogs, rabies vaccination proof, these guys were up to date last year and got boosters after last year’s rabid bobcat incident. Wonder if they will need another one this year.”
“And since I have had dogs coming in with wolf bites on them. I wonder if those wolf bites all over them were from rabid wolves, since the first three years of my dog program, wolves ran from them. With the exception of two collared coming through, that were vaccinated and ran from them, we have only had uncollared animals. I have been wondering why they were getting braver. They might just be rabid “
There was a confirmed kill in Cochise County AZ from Uncollared Mexican wolves. Confirmed rabies in this NM County. If there’s rabies here, there is rabies between the Rio Grande and wherever it’s documented in AZ.
“As of the end of 2024, the wild Mexican wolf population in Arizona and New Mexico was at least 286 individuals. Of these, 112 were equipped with radio collars, representing approximately 39% of the population. This implies that about 174 wolves, or 61% of the population, were uncollared at that time. ” USFS
below are some of the uncollared wolves not located with collared wolves. Ranchers feel there are at least 100 more uncollared wolves than USFWS has been able to count. One southern Arizona Depredation that occurred in Mid March was deemed to be an uncounted uncollared wolf.
Uncollared = unvaccinated.
























