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The Mexican Grey Wolf is endangered because it was hunted. As settlers moved into the southwestern United States in the 1900s, they killed of the wolf's prey. When the wolves attacked farmer's livestock, they were shot. Others hunted the wolves for their pelt. In the late 1900s, there were no Mexican wolves left in the U.S and there were only a few in Mexico. The United States government is working with the Mexican government to raise wolves in captivity to release them into the wild.

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