For F1084 to have survived in Colorado for two years is very significant. A handful of dispersers have reached the state but most have ended up dead: poisoned, hit by a car, shot illegally, or killed by a hunter who claimed he thought he shot a coyote. Colorado has not been a safe destination for wolves. Kris Middledorf, area wildlife manager for CPW, said in a press release, “It’s incredible that these two adult animals have traveled the distance and overcome the challenges they have to get here, and to now have pups in Colorado,”ĭistance and challenges indeed. The starting of a family by F1084 and M2101 was so significant it was covered by media across the US and even internationally. Sure enough, a blood sample revealed M1084 was F1084. They contacted Wyoming Game & Fish Department and asked them to double check their records. So when CPW found another male accompanying M1084, officials considered the two males to be hunting partners.īut when data from M1084’s collar revealed what could be denning behavior-staying in one place for long periods of time-CPW agents figured there might be more than hunting going on. He was the first wolf ever collared by CPW, another significant detail of this birth.Īn interesting side note to this historic event is that F1084 when she entered Colorado was known as M1084-“she” was considered a “he.” This was due to a clerical error when she was collared in 2017. In February of this year, CPW collared that male and gave him the number M2101. Sometime last year, she somehow connected with a four-year old, 110-pound male in good health. She dispersed from Wyoming’s Snake River pack near Yellowstone in search of a mate. The female, F1084 (pictured at top of post), has been living in northern Colorado near the Wyoming line since July of 2019. The wolves that produced the premier pups are collared and designated as F1084 and M2101. But as I researched the birth, I realized that the pups are only one of several significant aspects of this event. And those pups now entering the wild world are clearly significant. Six pups have been spotted by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) agents. You may have heard the great news: Colorado has its first officially documented wild wolf pups in more than eight decades.
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