By: Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics
A yearling male wolf in Grand County has become the 17th wolf to die in Colorado in the past two years.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced that its staff killed the wolf on Aug. 4 because it was believed to be responsible for killing four calves in Jackson and Grand counties between June 29 and Aug. 1.
The state agency’s announcement said the producers had pursued nonlethal measures to minimize conflict with the wolf.
Ranchers have told Colorado Politics that those minimization efforts are ineffective.
The wolf killed on Tuesday is the second mortality in 10 days. Another wolf had been found dead in northwest Colorado, according to a CPW announcement, but no further details were made available.
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