By RENE ROMO Journal Southern Bureau LAS CRUCES -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has warned Catron County not to carry out a plan to trap an endangered Mexican gray wolf that county officials contend is a danger to residents.

By Copyright 2007 Albuquerque Journal BY RENE ROMO Journal Southern Bureau LAS CRUCES -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to kill an endangered Mexican gray wolf that is the subject of a Feb. 5 removal order because trapping the animal is too difficult.

By STACI MATLOCK, PHOTO COURTESY OF U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE When the first breeding pair of endangered northern aplomado falcons in half a century were spotted near Deming in 2002, biologists and the showy raptor's fans were ecstatic.

ALBUQUERQUE -- A female endangered Mexican gray wolf targeted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for permanent removal from the wild has been killed, according to the agency and the Center for Biological Diversity.