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Colorado Ends Wolf Euthanasia Amid Lack of Evidence

10/18/2025

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife ceased efforts to euthanize the Copper Creek wolf in Pitkin County after no new depredations were confirmed since mid-August.
Two attacks on ewes in Rio Blanco County occurred on October 9 and 12, suggesting an uncollared wolf.
The agency previously shot a wolf believed responsible, but the carcass was not recovered.
Chronic depredation requires clear evidence of wolf involvement, which has not been met.

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Story summary

Colorado Parks and Wildlife ceased efforts to euthanize the Copper Creek wolf in Pitkin County after no new depredations were confirmed since mid-August.
Two attacks on ewes in Rio Blanco County occurred on October 9 and 12, suggesting an uncollared wolf.
The agency previously shot a wolf believed responsible, but the carcass was not recovered.
Chronic depredation requires clear evidence of wolf involvement, which has not been met.