Lehigh Valley Zoo chose to be part of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s international recovery program for Mexican gray wolves because they are the most endangered wolves in North America. The Mexican gray wolves living at the Zoo are part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) wildlife conservation program called a Species Survival Plan (SSP). The mission of the SSP program is to conserve a select and typically threatened or endangered species population. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is working with Lehigh Valley Zoo to reintroduce captive-born wolves into the wild.

Please note: The Mexican Gray Wolf Exhibit is Rated RL (Real Life)
Wolves in the Mexican Gray Wolf Species Survival Plan or their offspring may be reintroduced to the wild. It is important to maintain the wolves’ natural feeding habits along with other behaviors that make them wild animals. In order to provide real life feeding experiences for the Zoo’s wolf pack, they receive prey carcasses from time to time. During your Zoo visit, you may have a unique opportunity to observe them feeding as wolves naturally do in the wild.

Exhibit partners: Lehigh Valley Zoo, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, County of Lehigh, and the Morning Call.