Colorado wolf likely killed by car, authorities announce

A Colorado wolf that died this spring within the northwest nook of the state was probably struck by a automotive, state officers introduced Tuesday.

An investigation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service discovered that the wolf “died from blunt drive trauma sustained throughout a suspected car collision,” Colorado Parks and Wildlife mentioned in a information launch. CPW obtained a mortality alert from the wolf’s collar on Could 31.

The male wolf, recognized by the quantity 2507, was certainly one of 15 captured in Canada and launched in Colorado in January as a part of the state’s voter-mandated reintroduction program.

5 of the 15 wolves dropped at the state in January have died, together with two that have been shot in Wyoming.