ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – After a 10-year break, the Albuquerque BioPark is slated to return to breeding the Mexican Gray Wolf.

They once roamed throughout the southwest and Mexico, but were all but eliminated from the wild in the ’70s. City officials say the zoo has a male and a female that are recommended for breeding.

The wolves at the zoo belong to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service which launched a reintroduction program that included a captive breeding program.