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| The Grand County wolf-like animal. Photo: Janice Freeman via Colorado Parks and Wildife. |
Colorado Parks and Wildlife field officers are trying to confirm a wolf sighting in western Larimer County, just south of the Wyoming border in the headwaters of the
Laramie River. According to CPW's "
Colorado Wolf Update" for June 2020,
Wildlife managers are attempting to
confirm a credible wolf sighting in the Laramie River Valley in Larimer
County. An animal sighted in the area was wearing a wildlife tracking
collar, which indicates it is likely a dispersal wolf from monitored
packs in Montana or Wyoming, however flights and ground crews have been
unable to detect a signal or visually confirm the wolf. It has been
determined that the animal in Larimer County is not wolf 1084-M from
neighboring Jackson County. If a wolf or wolves are confirmed in Larimer
County, they would be the furthest east in Colorado in nearly a
century.
Further west, in
Grand County, campers reported being approached by a large wolf-like animal. Reading between the lines of the news release, it sounds as though wildlife officials suspect this could be wolf-hybrid, perhaps one that was dumped "in the wild" but is used to being fed by humans.
Biologists responded to the area to
gather biological evidence that could be used to confirm the presence of
a wolf versus a coyote, lost or escaped domestic dog or domestic
wolf-hybrid.
"Biological evidence" . . . . that sounds like they need a very specialized tracking dog.
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