Wolf species that has never been in Colorado can’t be “re-introduced”
Dear Editor,
This was printed in the latest NRA publication “AMERICAN HUNTER”:
“Three teenagers set up a hunting blind and decoys early in the morning on Sept. 21 in St. Germain, Wisconsin. As dawn broke, one of the teens thought he saw a deer coming near, but the animal turned out to be a wolf. That wolf was still about 40 yards away, but…
“ The gray wolf is native to Colorado but was eradicated from the state by the mid-1940s.
Colorado still has suitable habitat for wolves, including a sufficient prey base and extensive public land” (Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistance, 2020).
Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistance. (2020, May). Wolves in Colorado: History and Status – 8.007. Colorado State University. https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/people-predators/wolves-in-colorado-history-and-status-8-007/