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Wildlife officials in Arizona are trying to identify a mysterious big cat caught on camera in the Phoenix Mountain Preserve.

Residents are stumped by video of a large dark cat climbing rocks in the Phoenix Mountain Preserve. Wildlife officials said it was not one of Arizona's native big cat species.

Wildlife officials in Arizona are trying to identify a mysterious big cat caught on camera in the Phoenix Mountain Preserve.

Mexican Gray Wolves at Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center in Arizona were checked to see if they're healthy enough to reproduce

It's not a jaguar, bobcat, mountain lion, or ocelot, and it's definitely not a house cat according to AZGFD.

Painstaking work helps identify the number of wolves in Arizona and New Mexico and is vital to the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program that began 25 years ago when the animals were nearly extinct.

The first captive-raised Mexican wolf was released into the wild 25 years ago, when the species was on the verge of extinction. The Arizona Game and Fish Department says it is proud of the progress of the wolf program, which is steadily reaching its goals.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Wildlife managers in the United States say their counterparts...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Wildlife managers in the United States say their counterparts...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Wildlife managers in the United States say their counterparts...