State wildlife officials make big announcement about wolves in Colorado: ‘This pup’s arrival is a huge conservation milestone’
From The Cool Down:
In 2020, Coloradans voted to reintroduce gray wolves into the wild, 80 years after the species disappeared from the state. In 2023, five gray wolves were captured in Oregon and released on Colorado’s Western Slope. Now, one of those gray wolves has given birth to at least one new pup, Colorado Politics reported.
With the birth of the pup, the group of wolves is now officially considered a pack, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said. Although the agency has only been able to confirm one pup, wolf pups are typically born in packs of four to six. The agency named the pack the Copper Creek Pack.
