Field biologist Kimberly Miller, 37, began working as a volunteer at the California Wolf Center in Julian five years ago. Working her way up to general manager, Miller now oversees the facility and the care of Mexican and Alaskan wolves. The center is primarily focused on breeding and preserving the genetics of the Mexican wolf, which had once dwindled to just seven animals from extinction in the 1970s. The Julian center now houses 11 Mexican wolves, one of the rarest land mammals in the world with a total population of about 300. Of those, only about 50 remain in the wild. One of the center's goals is to release some of the wolves to the northern range of their natural habitat in Arizona and New Mexico.
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