#Latest news with #greywolfCBS News7 days agoGeneralCBS NewsColorado Parks and Wildlife makes "very difficult" decision to kill grey wolf in Pitkin CountyOfficials with Colorado Parks and Wildlife say they have killed a grey wolf in Pitkin County. The agency says the animal was part of the Copper Creek Pack and that the pack was repeatedly attacking livestock in the area between May 17 and May 25. CPW says it attempted deterrents and other non lethal hazing measures before lethally removing the animal Thursday. The hope is that the "lethal removal" leads to a change in what the pack views as its primary food source. CPW Director Jeff Davis called the decision "very difficult." "Our wildlife biologists and officers constructed a timeline of recent events that shows the depredation behavior met the conditions for chronic depredation that were defined earlier this year. We have great respect for these animals and take the removal of a wolf very seriously. Removal of problem animals is unfortunate and rare, but consistent with the Colorado Wolf Restoration and Management Plan," he said in a prepared statement. Davis said most of the wolves that have been reintroduced in Colorado "are sticking to natural food sources and avoiding livestock conflicts."
CBS News7 days agoGeneralCBS NewsColorado Parks and Wildlife makes "very difficult" decision to kill grey wolf in Pitkin CountyOfficials with Colorado Parks and Wildlife say they have killed a grey wolf in Pitkin County. The agency says the animal was part of the Copper Creek Pack and that the pack was repeatedly attacking livestock in the area between May 17 and May 25. CPW says it attempted deterrents and other non lethal hazing measures before lethally removing the animal Thursday. The hope is that the "lethal removal" leads to a change in what the pack views as its primary food source. CPW Director Jeff Davis called the decision "very difficult." "Our wildlife biologists and officers constructed a timeline of recent events that shows the depredation behavior met the conditions for chronic depredation that were defined earlier this year. We have great respect for these animals and take the removal of a wolf very seriously. Removal of problem animals is unfortunate and rare, but consistent with the Colorado Wolf Restoration and Management Plan," he said in a prepared statement. Davis said most of the wolves that have been reintroduced in Colorado "are sticking to natural food sources and avoiding livestock conflicts."
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