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“We welcome this historic den and the new wolf family to Colorado,” Polis said in a statement. Colorado Parks and Wildlife said Thursday that staff spotted the pups living in a den with two collared wolves known as John and Jane in northern Colorado, KCNC-TV reports. Violators could be fined, jailed and lose their hunting license. JDENVER (AP) Colorado’s first litter of gray wolf pups since the 1940s has grown to include six pups. Hunting them in Colorado remains illegal. Every once in a while, we hear some good news, and that is what we heard from Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

Gray wolves, while protected in Colorado, lost their federal protection earlier this year. The news is often bad when it comes to animals that seem to be disappearing at an alarming rate. Advocates believe reintroduction will help speed up efforts to restore the wolf to habitat from Canada to Mexico. Ranchers, hunters and farmers said reintroduction is also a threat to livestock and the state’s hunting industry. Critics said the presence of the animals indicates reintroduction is unnecessary. Last year, voters narrowly approved a measure that allows the state to reintroduce the species to public lands in the western part of the state by the end of 2023. The animals were hunted, trapped and poisoned to the brink of extermination in Colorado in the 1940s. with more possible, as wolf litters usually consist of 4 to 6 pups. 'The New York Times' reports that 3 pups have been spotted. Colorado Parks and Wildlife said Thursday that staff spotted the pups living in a den with. The family of wolves was spotted in Jackson County, on the border of Wyoming. DENVER (AP) Colorados first litter of gray wolf pups since the 1940s has grown to include six pups.

For the first time since the 1940s, a litter of gray wolves has been seen in Colorado. A pair of gray wolves in Colorado have produced the state's first litter of pups in 80 years. Officials confirmed the presence of another small pack in northwestern Colorado last year. CNN Spotting cute pups is worth celebrating any day, but in Colorado it’s historic. A small pack of gray wolves, believed to have travelled from Wyoming’s Yellowstone National Park, were sighted since 2019.