Trappers finally catch wanted wolf

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A female Mexican gray wolf wanted for killing cows in southwestern New Mexico has been captured.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says federal trappers caught the alpha female on Wednesday.

She will be transported to a holding facility for observation and then will be handed over to the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center.

Trappers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services had been combing the northwestern portion of the Gila National Forest for signs of the wolf for weeks after an earlier order to kill the wolf was rescinded.