MARCH 21, 2025|
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A wolf from British Columbia, transferred to Colorado earlier this year, was killed in north-central Wyoming after attacking sheep there.
US Wildlife Services killed the wolf on private property one week ago on Friday, according to a report in the Cowboy State Daily. The wolf had been released into Colorado as part of the state’s reintroduction program. Agents were responding to a report of sheep being killed by wolves.
USDA agents reported the evidence at the scene of the wolf attack on sheep in Wyoming was “consistent with wolf depredation, including wolf tracks, struggle sites, carcasses with post-mortem hemorrhaging, and bite marks consistent with known wolf predations.”
The wildlife agency said that five adult sheep had been killed “and heavily fed upon” by an adult wolf. Wildlife Services killed a wolf at the scene of the attack on the sheep.
The dead wolf was wearing collar from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Both the animal and the collar were returned to the state agency.
Wolves are known to travel long distances to find food and mates.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced while it received a mortality alert for a male gray wolf, 2505-BC on March 16, it does not comment on wildlife movements, operations, or regulations in other states.
According to USDA, the dead predator wolf was part of the group translocated to Colorado from British Columbia. It came from areas where there is no overlap between wolves and livestock.
According to a statement from Tonya Espinosa, a public affairs specialist with USDA, Wyoming was conducting livestock depredation mitigation in response to multiple livestock losses when the wolf was located and terminated.
