A Colorado wolf that died this spring within the northwest nook of the state was possible struck by a automobile, state officers introduced Tuesday.
An investigation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service discovered that the wolf “died from blunt drive trauma sustained throughout a suspected automobile collision,” Colorado Parks and Wildlife stated in a information launch. CPW acquired a mortality alert from the wolf’s collar on Might 31.
The male wolf, recognized by the quantity 2507, was one among 15 captured in Canada and launched in Colorado in January as a part of the state’s voter-mandated reintroduction program.
5 of the 15 wolves delivered to the state in January have died, together with two that have been shot in Wyoming.
Twenty-one collared wolves presently roam Colorado and at the least 10 pups have been born this summer season within the state’s 4 packs.