"I think it is very important that the public continues to let us know if they think they've seen a wolf by going to our online wolf report form," CPW's Lamb said. RELATED Colorado Wildlife Officials Discover 6 Pups In Gray Wolf Litter Last year, a family of two adult wolves and a litter of pups was confirmed in Jackson County. But voters passed Proposition 114 in November 2020 which permitted the re-introduction of wolves west of the Continental Divide. Wolves were eradicated in Colorado in the 1940s, according to CPW. Programs have begun in five western states - three north of Colorado and two to the south - to restore the wolf populations. Limited sighting of wolves have occurred in the northern parts of Colorado where the animals are believed to have migrated from Wyoming. "But people and wolves are a strange combination up here." (CPW personnel) don't want to start a ruckus," Adams said. She also disputed the location that the agencies studied, saying she recorded the video four miles south of where both PCSO and CPW focused around Park County Road 5. They broke up a herd of elk and drove 30 of them over a fence."Īdams said the dogs were black and gray, not traditional St. "I seen the way they hunt and what they were doing. "I totally disagree with CPW," Adams told CBS4. RELATED Rancher Struggles To Haze Wolves After Pack Attacks 2 Cows In 2 Days The fact no elk or livestock carcasses were found also played a role in CPW's conclusions. "We want to make sure that we are doing our due diligence and making sure everything is correct before we start releasing any information." "Especially on something as sensitive as a wolf sighting, we always want to do everything in our power to investigate it to the best of our ability to confirm, or not confirm what it is," Mark Lamb, Area Wildlife Manager for CPW's Area 1 that is based out of Fairplay, stated in CPW's press release. The agency's personnel also analyzed tracks in the snow and conducted "howling surveys" in the area at dawn and dusk the next day. The returned results indicated a domestic dog was the source of each, CPW stated. CPW didn't release its findings until two weeks after the alleged sighting.Ī drop of blood, two hair samples and two urine samples were sent to a USDA lab.
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