Wolves

‘It works’: Colorado’s wolf conflict coordinator, ranchers find common ground

Growing up on a ranch in northern Colorado, hard work was quickly rooted in Philip Anderson’s life. It’s a habit that he has carried ever since, and even more so now, as he operates a ranch and grapples with raising livestock while gray wolves roam the landscape.

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In Coloradoโ€™s nonlethal wolf deterrent game, its Wolves 3, Cows 0 in one county, and ranchers aren’t pleased

Grand County ranchers say three calves were killed by wolves in the month since they were given $20,000 to hire a range rider to protect their cattle, and theyโ€™re demanding more action from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. But CPW says thereโ€™s not enough proof to confirm wolves transplanted to Colorado were responsible for more than one of the three dead calves found on May 11 and remains unwilling to kill the large predators, according to ranchers. ย 

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One introduced wolf is dead in Colorado as another is likely expecting pups in Grand County

Just a few hours after U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologists confirmed that one of the 10 gray wolves transplanted to Colorado in December was found dead in Larimer County, the stateโ€™s top wildlife official told ranchers he will not kill a wolf blamed for the death of four cows in Grand County because it is likely the mate to a wolf that appears to be denning.

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‘We should cease reintroduction now’: Republican legislators sound off on wolves killing more livestock

The results of reintroduction of gray wolves into western areas of Colorado is drawing the ire of many Republican members of the State Legislature, several of whom earn a living from livestock.

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