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.
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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.
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“That Ain’t No Coyote”: Rancher Kills Wolf In Southeastern Wyoming Near Carpenter
From CowboyStateDaily.com:
A Laramie County rancher shot a roughly 2-year-old male wolf near Carpenter, Wyoming, where wolves are almost never seen. It may be the first recorded legal wolf killing in the county, and its origin remains unclear.
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Mexican gray wolf numbers rise: Conservationists rally for wildlife recovery
From KVOA.com:
SILVER CITY, N.M. (KVOA) – The population of endangered Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest increased by 33 in 2025, reaching a total of 319, according to a joint announcement by Arizona and New Mexico wildlife agencies.
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Idaho Fish And Game Removed Three Wolves To Promote Elk Population Growth
From BigCountryNews.com:
[Wyoming] Wolf captor Cody Roberts takes plea deal that would avoid prison time
From Wyofile.com:
A Sublette County man who captured and brought an injured wolf into a bar in February 2024, where he posed for photographs that later drew global outrage, has struck a deal with prosecutors that could keep him out of prison.
A signed plea agreement filed with the Sublette County District Court and obtained by WyoFile on Wednesday afternoon means that Roberts, 44, would likely no longer face trial. It had been set to begin March 9.
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Colorado wolves pushed farther into the southern Front Range this month
From HanfordSentinel.com:
DENVER — Two wolves roamed separately into the southern end of Colorado’s Front Range mountains in February, passing through watersheds west of Pueblo and Colorado Springs, a map released Wednesday by Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows.
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Colorado wolf depredation claims double state budget with more to come
From Coloradoan.com:
More than $700,000 in wolf depredation claims by ranchers in 2025 have been recommended for approval by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, doubling the amount budgeted by the state.‘
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Swiss wolf swims 1.5km across Lake Lucerne
From SwissInfo.ch:
A wolf swam 1.5 kilometres across lake Lucerne, becoming the first such animal to be documented displaying this behaviour in Switzerland.
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Influential Outdoorsman Says Wolves Cost Western States More Than Tourism Brings In
From CowboyStateDaily.com:
It’s commonly argued that wolves are worth millions to the economies of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, because they’re such tourist magnets.
However, others think that wolves ultimately drain more from the states’ economies than they bring in, because of losses to big game herds and livestock industry, as well as the massive legal fees that states incur fighting lawsuits from wolf advocate groups.
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USU Ecologists Offer Expert Perspective About Gray Wolves Found in Cache Valley
From USU.edu:
State officials recently killed three gray wolves near Avon, Utah, in the southwestern corner of Cache County. Wildlife ecology experts from the Department of Wildland Resources at Utah State University answered questions about wolves in Utah.
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