19K views · 466 reactions | A pack of Mexican gray wolves just got some new additions, five to be exact. A litter of five Mexican wolves were born at the Chapultepec Zoo on April 24. The five young wolf cubs are the second litter for Seje and Rhi, a 9-year-old female and a 7-year-old male, who also had six cubs in May 2019. | CBS News | Facebook

Hunting, trapping, and poisoning caused the extinction of Mexican gray wolves in the wild, with only a handful remaining in captivity. The Endangered Species Act gave these Mexican wolf pups a second chance. It appears evident that some politicians have forgotten the bipartisan values that Congress embraced four decades ago when it first passed the Endangered Species Act. This federal law has given thousands of at-risk species a second chance and has worked successfully to prevent the extinction