Growth slows for endangered Mexican gray wolf population

This image provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows members of the Mexican Wolf Interagency Field Team processing a wolf during an annual count in January 2022 in southwestern New Mexico. Officials announced Wednesday, March 30, 2022, that the U.S. population of Mexican wolves has increased by 5% since the previous year, raising the total number of wolves in the wild in New Mexico and Arizona to at least 196 animals. (Susan Dicks/Mexican Wolf Interagency Field Team via AP)