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Colorado Parks and Wildlife Makes "Very Difficult" Decision to Kill Gray Wolf in Pitkin County
- On May 29, 2025, wildlife officials in Colorado lethally removed a gray wolf known as #2405 in Pitkin County after it was linked to four separate livestock attacks occurring over an eight-day span.
- The lethal removal followed confirmation of chronic depredation defined by three or more confirmed events within 30 days, despite producers and the agency using multiple nonlethal conflict mitigation strategies.
- Wolf #2405 was a male year-old pup from the Copper Creek pack, which was released about five months earlier and linked to at least 15 cattle and sheep deaths in the region.
- The leader of Parks and Wildlife described the decision as tough, emphasizing that its purpose was to prevent the wolf pack from relying on livestock for food, thereby promoting a healthy population of wolves that primarily hunt natural prey.
- The agency plans to keep tracking the Wolves in the Copper Creek Pack, each fitted with GPS tracking devices, to observe any shifts in behavior following recent removals, while ranchers such as Ginny Harrington call for more assertive and early hazing efforts to prevent future livestock conflicts.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife makes "very difficult" decision to kill gray wolf in Pitkin County
By Jesse Sarles Click here for updates on this story Colorado (KCNC) — Officials with Colorado Parks and Wildlife say they have killed a gray wolf in Pitkin County. It’s the first time the agency has used what it call “lethal management action” on a wolf since it began reintroduction of the animals into the state in 2023. The agency said in a news release on Friday that the animal was part of the Copper Creek Pack and that the pack was repea…
Aspen Times
Colorado Parks and Wildlife kills Copper Creek wolf connected to multiple livestock attacks in Pitkin County
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to accurately reflect Ginny Harrington’s relation to the Crystal River Ranch. Colorado Parks and Wildlife has killed a gray wolf that was connected to four livestock attacks in eight days in Pitkin County. The wolf, 2405, was one of the male pups (now a year old) from the Copper Creek pack. In a news release on Friday, Parks and Wildlife said it lethally removed the wolf on Thursday, May 29, after rec…
Colorado Sun
The JournalColorado wildlife officials kill Copper Creek wolf after it preyed on livestock in Pitkin County
A young male wolf born in Grand County and relocated after its pack preyed on livestock last summer was killed Thursday by Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials after the now yearling animal attacked livestock in Pitkin County. Over Memorial Day weekend, the wolf attacked and killed livestock over three days on the Crystal River Ranch, in the Crystal River Valley, and on the Lost Marbles and McCabe ranches, in the Roaring Fork Valley. The anima…
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