Officials say a second group of wolves has been released in Colorado as part of a controversial, voter-driven initiative to reintroduce the predators to the state. Fifteen gray wolves from Canada were set free in the central mountains over three days last week.
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In addition, a female and four pups previously released elsewhere in Colorado were also moved to the same region as the Canadian wolves — Eagle and Pitkin counties, the agency said. The region is home to ski resorts and vast amounts of public land used for recreation. The five relocated wolves were part of a packafter a male that was part of the group repeatedly killed local livestock in Grand County, northwest of Denver, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
“It has been an honour to work with Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff to support their conservation priority. It is a great example of collaboration and the connections we have in the large landscapes of North America,” Hillary Ward of the B.C. Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship said in a statement included in the Colorado announcement.
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