Eagle County Rancher Reports Employee Killed King Mountain Wolf Pack Matriarch

Eagle County rancher reports employee killed King Mountain wolf pack matriarch

The King Mountain wolf pack’s matriarch was reportedly killed by a ranch hand while it was approaching cattle in northwest Colorado, according to new details revealed in public comment sent to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.   Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced on March 13 that the pack’s breeding female had died two days prior. The wolf’s death came six weeks after the pack’s patriarch died during a collaring operation in Routt County. P…

Owner of one of Colorado’s biggest ranches says her employee killed a wolf

For the first time since wolves were reintroduced in Colorado, a rancher has admitted to the fatal shooting of a wolf, an acknowledgment that underlines the tension between the state and livestock owners and raises questions about transparency and accountability with Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The owner of one of the largest ranches in Colorado says her ranch hand shot and killed the mother of four yearling pups in the King Mountain pack in Ma…