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Colorado wolfpack makes first reported livestock kill since members presumably shot![]()
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Colorado's North Park wolfpack reportedly injured a cow calf badly enough it had to be euthanized Saturday, marking the pack's first kill since three of its members were presumably killed in Wyoming just more than a month ago. ![]()
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officer confirmed the approximately 520-pound calf was injured by three to five wolves.![]()
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Schmidt said the injured calf was found Saturday morning while a ranch hand was checking cattle. He said he had trucked the calves' mothers to Nebraska for the winter and the calves were being weaned.![]()
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The incident occurred with five houses with kids a quarter mile away and near a major road.![]()
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The ranch hand found calves had been chased through a fence onto the road and a handful of others were in willows, one of which was the injured calf.![]()
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Wolves are listed as federally endangered in Colorado and can be killed only to protect human life. It is legal to use nonlethal hazing methods to deter wolves.![]()
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it was the ranch's first encounter with the pack. "We are trying our best to live with them. What rubs the rancher the wrong way is not that they kill our cattle, but more that we can’t do anything to defend our cattle.’’![]()
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Photo: Bonnie Marris
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