Colorado Parks and Wildlife said last week that. In June 2021, CPW biologists visually confirmed three pups. A litter of gray wolf pups has been spotted in Colorado for the first time in around 80 years, according to state wildlife officials. Colorado Parks and Wildlife said Thursday that staff spotted the pups living in a den with two collared wolves known as John and Jane in northern Colorado, KCNC-TV reports. Wildlife advocates see reintroduction in Colorado as a vital step in restoring the wolf more quickly to habitat stretching from the Canada to the Mexico border. In 2021, a second lone wolf joined F1084 this wolf was collared by CPW and is identified as 2101. DENVER (AP) Colorado’s first litter of gray wolf pups since the 1940s has grown to include six pups. A litter of at least three pups along with their parents were spotted last. The animals were believed to have come down from Wyoming’s Yellowstone National Park. Colorado has reported its first gray wolf pups in 80 years, state wildlife officials announced on Wednesday.
Officials last year confirmed the presence of the small pack of wolves in northwestern Colorado after a number of sightings since 2019. Gray wolves were hunted, trapped and poisoned into extermination in Colorado in the 1940s.
Colorado wildlife officials say the first gray wolf pups since the 1940s have been spotted in the state. The sighting could mean a group of grey wolves isn’t just living in Colorado for the first time since humans eradicated the species in the 1940s. The discovery comes after Colorado voters narrowly approved a ballot measure last year that requires the state to reintroduce the animal on public lands in the western part of the state by the end of 2023. THE SENTINEL - J1483 FILE This June 3, 2020, file image released by Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows a wolf on a state game camera in Moffat County, Colo. The agency first announced June 9 that staff members had spotted three pups in the pack. DENVER – Colorado's first litter of gray wolf pups since the 1940s has grown to include six pups.Ĭolorado Parks and Wildlife said Thursday that staff members spotted the pups living in a den with two collared wolves known as John and Jane in northern Colorado, KCNC-TV reports. DENVER (AP) Colorado has its first litter of gray wolf pups since the 1940s, state wildlife officials said Wednesday.
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