Female BC Wolf #2505 dead in NW Colorado

[cnelk]

Stay tuned. More info coming

 

[LFC911]

Probably succumbed to a mountain lion.

 

[Chris in TN]

Probably succumbed to a mountain lion.

All's well that ends well.

 

[Jbehredt]

Awww

 

[JohnnyB]

Tragic

 

[gtriple]

 

[justin davis]

Another one down

 

[Mountainrancher]

 

[nw nm hunter]

Those Canadian wolves just don't seem to fair well in Colorado

 

[justin davis]

Those Canadian wolves just don't seem to fair well in Colorado

Even the wolves don’t like all the liberals here

 

[flyfisher117]

Someone should make up some sensational story about them.
They’re clearly dying due to depression since they were captured and ripped from their families. forced to live thousands of miles away to entertain humans.

 

[Chris in TN]

Someone should make up some sensational story about them.
They’re clearly dying due to depression since they were captured and ripped from their families. forced to live thousands of miles away to entertain humans.

Am I the only one that suddenly hears Sarah McLachlan singing 'angel' in the background?

 

[Laelkhunter]

Probably climate change did it. Thanks to all of you guys that drive your big SUV's and F-250's. I guess the butterflies and lightning bugs are the next ones to go.

 

[go_deep]

I read that she died somewhere in NW Colorado.

 

[Steve O]

 

[intunegp]

This article summarizes about all that is public right now. CPW hasn't released cause of death info or anything else yet.

 

[Chris in TN]

This article summarizes about all that is public right now. CPW hasn't released cause of death info or anything else yet.

From the article, emphasis mine:

“When populations are small, each individual becomes increasingly important,” Clellan said. “Not knowing what the mortality rate will be over the next year, it’s going to be difficult to predict with certainty the overall impact of not completing a third year of translocations. If we have a high level of mortality, as we observed in 2025, we run a higher risk of not meeting the goal of establishing a self-sustaining population of wolves in Colorado and having to spend resources to do so.”

I speak fluent politik. Let me translate: she's saying with the part in bold that if they can't get enough wolves to permanently establish them, they'll find ways to blow more money trying, as a big middle finger to the people who opposed them.

 

[CMF]

So, what's the total population now? Are they reproducing?

 

[intunegp]

I think we're up to 12 of the original 25 now dead? There are confirmed pups from four different packs at this point.

I think current guesstimates are around 31 wolves and likely higher because when CPW is counting pups they release numbers as confirmed minimums and of course we can never really account for uncollared wolves that have wandered here on their own. The other thing to consider that would push it lower is that first year pup survival is like 50-60% so just because they were confirmed and counted doesn't mean they are still alive today.

In short, nobody really knows.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Probably succumbed to a mountain lion.

Co Cougars don’t play with ya!