Some news from the CO wolf program.

"More Than Half of Colorado’s Reintroduced Wolves Are Dead. Can the Program Survive Another Year?"

Colorado Wolf Program Article

"The losses keep adding up for Colorado’s controversial wolf reintroduction program. More than half of the 25 gray wolves that have been translocated into the state since 2023 have now died, and the release that was planned for this winter was canceled amid pushback from the federal government. Two high-ranking officials at the state agency overseeing the wolf program have also left or announced plans to leave in recent months. Meanwhile, the cost of reintroduction has surged far beyond expectations, adding even more stress to a statewide budget crisis."

Huh? What? no way....it was nonsense to start with.
Any idea what the cause of death was?

From the article:

"Seven of the 15 wolves that were captured in British Columbia and released in Pitkin and Eagle counties in January 2025 have died. And six of the 10 wolves that were brought in from Oregon and released in Grand County in December 2023 have died. Three of those deaths are still under investigation, while the causes of death for the other 10 wolves have been determined by CPW and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as follows:

1 died as a result of conflict with another wolf (2307)
2 died as a result of conflict with mountain lions (2303 and 2514)
3 died in Wyoming (2505, 2513, and 2304)
1 died while in captivity as a result of an illegal gunshot (2309)
1 died due to secondary trauma from entrapment by a lawfully set foothold trap (2512)
1 died from blunt force trauma from being hit by a vehicle (2507)
1 died from capture-related complications (2305)
CPW officials also shot two yearling wolves that were killing livestock, but only one of those wolves was found dead after it was shot. The agency now believes that the other depredating wolf could still be alive."

Looking forward to California getting wolves and grizzlies

I have left over warfarin if anyone wants it to feed them

They are trying to use the wolves and grizzly to take control of the land from ranchers and hunters, biodiversity credits, the wolves are just a tool to take the land from us

That's what has pretty much happened here in MN. We are starting to see wolves farther south in the state where there were hardly any before. Some friends of mine who run coyotes with hounds are running into wolves the past few years. Something that never happened in the past.

Look up Life in the West, Trinity explains what's going on in his videos to raise awareness

I've been digging into wolf 2512 a bit more, and cannot find any publicly released report that specifies what the "secondary trauma" was that resulted in its death.

That bites

California already has wolves 40 plus,one was down by Palmdale in Feb in LA county