Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirms at least 6 pups in new wolf pack
There are at least six pups in one of Colorado’s newest wolf packs, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
Officials had been monitoring the One Ear Pack in Jackson County and confirmed there are at least six pups, but there could be more that they were unable to spot.
Eric Odell, the wolf conservation program manager for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, warned that “detection of pups early on is inherently low due to a number of factors including their size, use of densely covered homesites, and time potentially underground.”
Parks and Wildlife considers a group of wolves a pack once wolves have successfully reproduced.
Female gray wolves can give birth to an average litter of four to six pups, according to Parks and Wildlife.
The agency announced three new packs in a July 17 meeting.
- The One Ear Pack in Jackson County
- The King Mountain Pack in Routt County
- The Three Creeks Pack in Rio Blanco County
The Copper Creek pack, which was established in 2024, is in Pitkin County.
At least four pups have been spotted in the King Mountain Pack.
Ali Longwell contributed to this report.
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