Colorado Wolf & Wildlife Center

06/21/2026

Goodnight from sleepy little Maeve!

06/18/2026

from Team Wolf

Two endangered and federally protected
Mexican Gray Wolves from New Mexico's Sawtooth Pack are dead. Both collared wolves were trapped near Datil in Catron County.
Wolf 2704, the father, was reportedly left to die of thirst in the trap after the trap went unchecked for several days.
His body was later moved beside a highway.
Wolf 2994, his son, was shot in the spine and beaten over the head with a shovel before his body was moved onto public lands where cattle graze.
Federal agents have now searched two properties as part of an ongoing investigation into possible violations of the Endangered Species Act and the Lacey Act. No one has been charged, and the investigation remains active. But the damage is already devastating-the Sawtooth Pack is now considered effectively defunct, and because only some Mexican Gray Wolves are collared, we have to ask how many others disappear without ever being found.
This is what anti-wolf cruelty looks like when it moves from rhetoric to reality: protected wolves trapped, tortured, killed, and dumped.
Mexican Gray Wolves are endangered. Federal protections should prevent this cruelty—not simply document it after the bodies are found.
Raise your voice for wolves at TeamWolf.Org.

06/18/2026

Goodnight from Nanuk!
Seems like all canines are fans of ear rubs.

06/17/2026

Good morning! This week’s Wolf Talk is now on YouTube. Today we talk about Freedom and CPW’s recent lethal removal of him in Routt County.

Check out our YouTube at the link below.

https://youtube.com/?si=cFXr_nStu9nxgqfY

06/16/2026

Come see us on June 20th at Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center!

Join us this week to discover something new at Garden of the Gods!

See our full programs calendar for more info: https://gardenofgods.com/events/calendar/

06/16/2026

Just when it seems like the attacks on wolves can’t get any worse, another effort has emerged to strip away protections.
Oregon’s Klamath County Commissioner Derrick DeGroot is sponsoring resolutions calling for the delisting of gray wolves and “reform” of the Endangered Species Act—the very law that has helped prevent countless species from disappearing forever.
This isn’t happening in isolation. Over the last year, we’ve seen a steady stream of legislative and political efforts aimed at weakening wolf protections, limiting recovery programs, and undermining science-based conservation.
Wolves are still recovering across much of their historic range, yet the pressure to remove protections continues. The question is no longer whether wolves are under attack—it’s how many more challenges they will face before we allow recovery efforts to succeed.
The attacks on wolves keep coming. The attacks on the Endangered Species Act keep coming. And wildlife will pay the price if we stop paying attention.

06/16/2026

Good morning, Maeve!

06/15/2026

⚠️ A DANGEROUS STEP BACKWARD FOR WILDLIFE ⚠️
Quietly, with little public attention, the federal ban on M-44 cyanide devices has been lifted on Bureau of Land Management lands.
These devices don't distinguish between a coyote, a wolf, a fox, a family dog, or a curious child. Triggered by a tug, they eject deadly sodium cyanide directly into the face of whoever finds them first.
The dangers are not hypothetical. In 2017, a 14-year-old boy was poisoned by an M-44 placed on public land near his home. His dog was killed in front of him. The boy survived, but the trauma remains.
For decades, M-44s have killed non-target wildlife, family pets, and endangered species. Yet despite years of documented incidents, these indiscriminate cyanide traps continue to return.
Public lands should be places where families feel safe exploring nature—not places where a child's curiosity or a dog's nose can trigger a toxic device hidden in the landscape.
How many more pets must die? How much more wildlife must suffer? How many close calls will it take before these devices are permanently banned?
Must it take the death of a child before we finally decide that cyanide bombs have no place on our public lands?
Wildlife management can and must do better.