US EditionColorado Parks and Wildlife working to euthanize second wolf from troubled Copper Creek pack
PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO, JUL 28 – Colorado Parks and Wildlife aims to reduce livestock losses after confirming seven attacks by the Copper Creek wolf pack since March, with the first wolf lethally removed in May.
- In a July 25 letter, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said it is attempting to euthanize a second wolf from the Copper Creek pack after a calf was killed July 18 in Pitkin County.
- Since March, the Copper Creek pack has been linked to seven of eight livestock depredations in Pitkin County, prompting CPW to consider lethal control efforts.
- According to special 10 regulations, CPW denied Pitkin County ranchers a chronic depredation permit and cited authority to euthanize wolves involved in livestock attacks.
- According to CPW, it will only euthanize wolves it is confident were involved to change pack behavior while preserving reproductive potential.
- Broader conservation goals envision, with over three million cattle in Colorado, highlighting the scale of potential wolf–livestock conflict.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers searching for Copper Creek Pack to kill another wolf responsible for livestock attacks in Pitkin County
Colorado Parks and Wildlife currently has staff on the ground in Pitkin County working to locate and kill a second member of the Copper Creek Pack following another attack on livestock in the area. Luke Perkins, a public information officer for the wildlife agency, confirmed in an emailed statement that Parks and Wildlife has been attempting to locate the wolves since Sunday, July 20. “The terrain is challenging at best, and staff have not been…
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers searching for Copper Creek pack to kill another wolf responsible for livestock attacks in Pitkin County
Colorado Parks and Wildlife currently has staff on the ground in Pitkin County working to locate and kill a second member of the Copper Creek pack following another attack on livestock in the area. Luke Perkins, a public information officer for the wildlife agency, confirmed in an emailed statement that Parks and Wildlife has been attempting to locate the wolves since Sunday, July 20. “The terrain is challenging at best, and staff have not been…
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