Colorado’s Copper Creek Wolf Pack to be Relocated

Less than a year has passed since the reintroduction of wolves in the state of Colorado. The reintroduction has been quite controversial on both sides with support and opposition. This week, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced that the Copper Creek Wolf Pack will be captured and relocated to another area in the state.

Our options in this unique case were very limited, and this action is by no means a precedent for how CPW will resolve wolf-livestock conflict moving forward. The ultimate goal of the operation is to relocate the pack to another location while we assess our best options for them to continue to contribute to the successful restoration of wolves in Colorado.

Said Colorado Parks and Wildlife Director, Jeff Davis.

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The relocation of the Copper Creek Wolf pack is the result of the depredation of livestock in the area the wolf pack calls home currently. Colorado Parks and Wildlife are not releasing any information as to where the wolf pack members will end up in Colorado, or the process of the operation to keep the wolves safe as well as the staff of Colorado Parks and Wildlife

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife say they will provide more information on the capture and relocation of the Copper Creek Wolf Pack after the successful conclusion of the operation.

As of August 2024, all of the wolves that have been reintroduced into the state of Colorado have remained north of Interstate 70. The wolves are tracked by GPS collars and are programmed to record a position every four hours. Once four locations have been recorded, the location information is sent via satellite to biologists.