A wolf killed a calf over the weekend in Jackson County, the second time in less than a week that the death of livestock in Colorado has been attributed to a wolf, wildlife officials confirmed Mond…
Colorado Parks and Wildlife release wolf 2302-OR, one of five gray wolves, onto public land in Grand County on Dec. 18. On Monday, wildlife officials confirmed a second livestock kill by a wolf since reintroduction. A wolf killed a calf over the weekend in Jackson County, the second time in less than a week that the death of livestock in Colorado has been attributed to a wolf, wildlife officials confirmed Monday.
The agency said it knows of four wolves in the area where the calf was found, including a wolf or wolves with known territory in North Park as well asCPW declined to identify the exact location in Jackson County of the weekend wolf kill. Wildlife officials believe there are 12 wolves in Colorado: the 10 introduced in December and two from a pack that established itself in Jackson County after migrating from Wyoming.
CPW and the Colorado Department of Agriculture are making plans to deploy range riders in the coming weeks to anticipate and prepare for predator livestock incidents and help ranchers use non-lethal methods of deterrence to protect their animals.
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