Cause of Death Released for Two of Colorado's Gray Wolves

CPW releases the causes of death for two grey wolves

DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) -- The causes of death for two grey wolves involved in the reintroduction effort have been confirmed by wildlife officials. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) confirmed that the female gray wolf, 2514, who passed away on April 20 in Rocky Mountain National Park, died due to injuries from a mountain lion attack. USFWS also confirmed that the other female wolf 2512, who passed in northwest Colorado on May 15, was due t…

Colorado wolves killed by mountain lion, injuries from foothold trap: USFWS

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife said Wednesday that necropsy results provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services show that one wolf was killed by a mountain lion, while the second appears to have died after being injured by a foothold trap. The first wolf, a female gray wolf located in Rocky Mountain National Park on April 20, was found to have died from injuries "from an apparent mountain lion attack." CPW believes Copper Creek…

Legal foothold trap in northwestern Colorado killed wolf released in January

Injuries from a foothold trap is what killed a female wolf that was found dead in northwestern Colorado in May, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said Wednesday. The wolf was translocated from British Columbia in January, and it is the fifth of those 15 wolves to have died. CPW said the trap was legally placed, but the agency is suspending its 30-day permits that allow the use of foothold/leghold traps and other traps and snars and “will provide addit…

Causes of death in 2 Colorado gray wolves released

The deaths of two reintroduced gray wolves in Colorado this spring were connected to a mountain lion attack and a coyote trap, state wildlife officials said Wednesday. A collared female gray wolf that died in Rocky Mountain National Park in April was killed in a mountain lion attack, according to an investigation led by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. A second collared female gray wolf found dead in northwest Colorado in May died from its in…

Here’s how two of Colorado’s gray wolves died this year

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released the official cause of death for two of the British Columbia wolves that died in Colorado this year.  The federal agency reported that a mountain lion attack was responsible for the death of the female gray wolf, 2514, which died in Rocky Mountain Park on April 20.  Fish and Wildlife reported that the May 15 death of another female wolf, 2512, was related to “an apparent secondary trauma from a lawf…

Not Everyone Thrilled With Colorado’s Wolf Boom — Four New Litters

Colorado’s wolf population is booming, with four packs known to have litters of pups born this spring. Not everyone is thrilled with that news, including ranchers who say wolves have killed numerous cattle.