Gray Area: Wolves of the Southwest free for a limited time
Until the end of April, the award-winning documentary film Gray Area: Wolves of the Southwest is available to watch online for free. You can follow the links on this announcement from the filmmakers; enter the promo code after you choose to rent it on Vimeo.
Here's a trailer:
Historically, Mexican gray wolves – lobos, in Spanish – lived in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and a big portion of Mexico. By the 1970s, they were virtually extinct in the wild. Today, because of captive breeding programs and reintroduction, there are well-over 100 living on land in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico and being managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
When we were first married, my wife and I lived in New Mexico, so Mexican wolves are special to me. Sarah graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of New Mexico – go Lobos! – and we spent many weekends working as docents at the Rio Grande Zoo, where almost 70 Mexican wolves have been born as part of the Species Survival Plan.
Gray Area tells the successes of and controversies about the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program. It's a great look at the challenges of species conservation and wildlife management, and it is an interesting counterpoint to the wildly popular Tiger King series on Netflix.
I learned about the Gray Area free promotion on the Facebook page of Mexicanwolves.org.
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