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Colorado releases additional 15 wolves
Animals from British Columbia round out the restoration plan’s second season
Wildlife managers have released 15 additional gray wolves in Colorado as part of the state management plan. Managers took the wolves (Canis lupus) from the wild in British Columbia and released them in Eagle and Pitkin Counties in Northwest Colorado. The releases were a part of Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Colorado Gray Wolf Restoration and Management Plan, a multi-year effort to create a robust, self-sustaining gray wolf population in Colorado. CPW has been working on gray wolf reintroduction since voters approved a ballot initiative in 2020. CPW also confirmed the release of five wolves from the original Copper Creek Pack into Eagle and Pitkin Counties, which were recaptured in September.
Read more at CBS News.
Header Image: A gray wolf moments after its release in mid-January. Credit: Colorado Parks and Wildlife
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