Details revealed about the wolf that died in Colorado Parks and Wildlife custody
From Summit Daily:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has revealed new information about how a wolf died in its custody in Routt County this January.
The male wolf, tagged 2305, was around 3 years old and among those translocated from Oregon in December 2023. The wolf was the patriarch of the King Mountain wolf pack, which formed in spring 2025. Parks and Wildlife was capturing the wolf and its female mate to replace the batteries on their GPS collar, something the agency aims to do every two to three years.
On Friday, Feb. 27, Parks and Wildlife reported in a news release that the wolf’s necropsy confirmed “capture-related complications” were responsible for its Jan. 28 death.
