Federal officials find Mexican wolf program was mishandled

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Federal investigators have concluded that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has mishandled a program to return the endangered Mexican wolf to the wild.
The Albuquerque Journal reports that the Department of Interior Off ice of the Inspector General’s investigation backs up claims made by Catron County in a 2013 that the service was not cooperating with cattle ranchers when protecting the wolves.
The investigation found the service protected the wolves even a