From Oregon to Colorado: Wolves Bring Carnage, Questions

By Marianne Goodland | The Denver Gazette

Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced Wednesday that another wolf from the original 10 that came from Oregon has died in Wyoming.

Wyoming law prevents divulging more details on the wolf’s death, although the tracking collar is being returned to Colorado.

With the death of the female wolf identified as OR-2304, that makes four of the 10 animals from Oregon that have now died. All told, a total of 10 wolves out of the original 25, including the 15 brought to Colorado in January from British Columbia, have died.

In a statement, the state wildlife agency said it would not comment further on the latest mortality since it took place outside of Colorado.

Wildlife officers are also on the hunt for an uncollared wolf that killed three sheep in Rio Blanco County.

The agency said the wolf attacked sheep on July 20, July 22, and Aug. 2. With three confirmed depredations, that led the agency to declare the wolf met the criteria for chronic killing and it can be lethally managed by the agency. It is not one of the wolves that came from Oregon or British Columbia, which are all collared.

It would be the third wolf the state has gone after for killing livestock.

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