Why expanding compensation for [Colorado] ranchers after wolf damage could save the state thousands of dollars
From 9News.com:
WALDEN, Colo. — A fight over $435 could end up saving the state thousands of dollars on future wolf damage claims, said the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission (CPW) chairperson.
When a wolf bit one of Don Gittleson’s cows in 2023, CPW advised him to put the animal down, he said. Had he done so, he would have been entitled to receive up to $15,000 for the fair market value of the cow, per CPW’s wolf management plan.
