DENVER — Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) recently captured a wolf from Grand County it documented to have killed livestock and may release the wolf back into the wild, despite a management plan stating problem wolves will not be moved elsewhere.
The wolf in question is the female adult of the Copper Creek pack. That pack also included an adult male, which died soon after capture, and four pups, which are not known to have been involved in any livestock depredations. The mother and pups are in captivity as CPW monitors their health.
CPW has never publicly identified the individual wolves responsible for each livestock killing. 9NEWS Investigates obtained a spreadsheet that CPW created that identifies the wolves that have killed livestock…