This is fifth calf that has been killed by wolves at the same ranch this month.
GRAND COUNTY, Colo. — Another calf has been killed by a wolf or wolves in Grand County.
That is according to the Middle Park Stockgrowers Association and Grand County Commissioner Merrit Linke who said the calf was killed at the same ranch where four yearling cattle deaths were reported earlier this month.
“I talked to him personally this morning,” Linke said. “Tracks everywhere, saw the wolf and the kill is consistent will the four others in the same place.”
Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) was at the ranch near Kremmling Sunday morning investigating this kill.
CPW confirmed this month that some of the wolf or wolves in the area during the previous livestock deaths were from the reintroduced wolves that CPW brought to the area from Oregon in December 2023. CPW will not say which wolves they were. 9NEWS reported in December that at least three of the reintroduced wolves came from packs that killed livestock in Oregon.
Both the Middle Park Stockgrowers Association and North Park Stockgrowers Association have asked CPW to kill the wolves that were responsible for the cattle deaths in Grand County. CPW and the governor’s office rejected those requests.
A map released Wednesday by CPW shows that gray wolves have crossed into watersheds east of the Continental Divide and onto the Front Range.
The new CPW map shows collared wolf activity between March 26 and April 23. The map shows that over the past month, at least one wolf with a GPS collar traveled in watersheds in Larimer County.
CPW also said on Wednesday that it has launched a website for wolf depredation reports to keep the public informed about confirmed livestock deaths by wolves.
The latest cattle death has not been confirmed by CPW at this point and the agency did not respond to 9NEWS’ questions on Sunday.
Wolves have now killed seven cattle in Grand and Jackson counties this month.
Anne Herbst and Jennifer Campbell-Hicks contributed to this report.
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