Colorado Wolf & Wildlife Center

Colorado Wolf & Wildlife Center Conservation. Education. Preservation. Provide natural habitats and exceptional lives for the animals entrusted to our care since they cannot live in the wild.
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It is the Mission of the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center to:

Educate the public through tours and programs about the importance of Wolves, Coyotes, and Foxes to our eco-system. Educate the public about the importance of Preservation and Conservation of the forests, land, and water that supports wildlife, flora, and fauna for future generations to enjoy.

🚨🐺 EMERGENCY: AMERICA’S WOLVES ARE UNDER ATTACK. 🐺🚨Today, President Trump signed an executive order directing the federa...
09/04/2026

🚨🐺 EMERGENCY: AMERICA’S WOLVES ARE UNDER ATTACK. 🐺🚨
Today, President Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to begin the process of removing gray wolves—including the critically imperiled Mexican gray wolf—from Endangered Species Act protections.
This should terrify anyone who cares about wildlife.
Because “delisting” is not just a bureaucratic word.
For wolves, it can mean handing their future back to states where hunting, trapping and lethal control can once again become management tools.
And nowhere is the danger more obvious than with the Mexican gray wolf.
There are only 319 Mexican wolves in the wild in the entire United States.

This is an animal that was nearly exterminated from the wild. The Mexican wolf was listed as endangered in 1976 after decades of persecution, poisoning, trapping and killing had pushed it to the brink of extinction. Its recovery has depended on captive breeding, painstaking reintroduction efforts and decades of conservation work.
Yes, the population is growing.
But 319 wolves is not a reason to abandon protection.
In fact, the federal recovery framework requires the population to exceed 320 wolves for three consecutive years, within an eight-year period of sustained recovery, before it meets the numerical recovery criterion for delisting.
We are talking about a population that has only just crossed 300 animals.
And the answer from this administration?
Take away their federal protection.
This isn't conservation.
This is gambling with the survival of species that we once nearly wiped off the continent.
Gray wolves. Mexican wolves. Red wolves. Wolves everywhere deserve better than to have their survival determined by politics, livestock-industry pressure or the demands of those who see predators as disposable.
We have already learned what happens when wolves lose their protection.
We nearly lost them.
We will not stand quietly by while history repeats itself.
🐺 Wolves are not a problem to be eliminated. They are wildlife worth protecting.
This is the moment to speak up. Share this. Contact your representatives. Demand that America's wolves remain protected under the Endangered Species Act.
Their survival depends on it.

CPW is now doubling down on its decision to treat the killing of an endangered gray wolf as a $140 hunting violation rat...
09/03/2026

CPW is now doubling down on its decision to treat the killing of an endangered gray wolf as a $140 hunting violation rather than pursuing it as a violation of state and federal endangered-species protections.

The wolf was collared.

She was a gray wolf.

And we are expected to believe that a licensed hunter simply couldn’t tell the difference between a wolf and a coyote?

There is a difference between making a genuine mistake and failing to properly identify your target before pulling the trigger. “I thought it was a coyote” cannot become a get-out-of-jail-free card for killing wolves.

What makes this even more insulting is the message CPW is sending about the value of predators.

CPW says illegally killing a moose carries a $1,370 fine. Yet killing a native, state- and federally protected endangered wolf can apparently be resolved with a $140 citation when the shooter claims it was an accident.

Why?

Why are we willing to impose greater consequences for killing a moose than for killing an endangered native predator that Colorado has spent millions of dollars, years of planning, and enormous public effort restoring?
CPW says its mission is to perpetuate Colorado’s wildlife resources. Its own website says wolves are protected under both federal and state law and that illegally taking a wolf can result in substantial fines, jail time and loss of hunting privileges.

Yet when it actually had the opportunity to enforce those protections, CPW chose the path of least consequence.

And now they’re telling us they stand behind that decision.

We should be furious.

Wildlife protections mean nothing if there are no meaningful consequences when protected animals are killed.

A $140 slap on the wrist does not protect wolves. It does not deter future violations. And it certainly does not demonstrate that Colorado takes the recovery of this endangered species seriously.

Colorado’s wolves deserve better. Our wildlife laws deserve better. And the people of Colorado deserve better from CPW.

Use the QR code to send your message to CPW and demand justice and enforcement of the law.

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This week’s Wolf Talk is now on YouTube! Today we discuss the Mollies wolf pack and how hunters are vowing to kill them ...
09/02/2026

This week’s Wolf Talk is now on YouTube!
Today we discuss the Mollies wolf pack and how hunters are vowing to kill them this year when Wyoming’s trophy zone opens.

Check it out here:

https://youtube.com/?si=TjdHsuiK6qYqVhYt

Colorado Amendment 84 is being sold as a harmless “right to hunt and fish.”But look closer.The language is intentionally...
08/29/2026

Colorado Amendment 84 is being sold as a harmless “right to hunt and fish.”

But look closer.

The language is intentionally broad, vague, and undefined — including a constitutional right to take wildlife using “traditional methods.”

Proponents insist this won’t bring back practices Colorado voters have already rejected, like body-gripping traps and hunting wildlife over bait.

So why leave the language open to interpretation?

Colorado’s current constitution explicitly prohibits leghold traps, body-gripping traps, poisons, and snares for taking wildlife. Yet Amendment 84 would create a competing constitutional right that could invite legal challenges over what constitutes a protected “traditional method” of hunting.

And once something is written into the Constitution, it doesn’t simply matter what proponents promise. It matters how the language can ultimately be interpreted by the courts.

That’s the Trojan horse.

Colorado banned cruel trapping methods for a reason. Animals can suffer for days at a time, breaking bones and teeth or even chewing off their own limbs in an effort to escape. Hunting over bait undermines fair chase and can concentrate wildlife in ways that increase conflict and disease transmission.

We should not gamble decades of wildlife protections on vague constitutional language and political promises.

Don’t be fooled by the packaging. Amendment 84 could open the door to bringing cruel and unethical wildlife practices back to Colorado.

Vote NO on Amendment 84.

Zarah wishes you all a goodnight!
08/29/2026

Zarah wishes you all a goodnight!

If you haven’t tuned in to Nature’s Secret Service podcast yet, you should! Each episode dives into a different case and...
08/28/2026

If you haven’t tuned in to Nature’s Secret Service podcast yet, you should! Each episode dives into a different case and goes into the hard work behind the scenes to bring poachers to justice.

Tomorrow is the last day to submit your comments before the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission (CPW) meets to decide...
08/26/2026

Tomorrow is the last day to submit your comments before the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission (CPW) meets to decide what’s next for coyotes in Colorado — and right now, hundreds of Coloradans have spoken up. Have you?

Once the meeting starts, our window for advocacy closes. So here’s the ask, one more time:
A closed season for coyotes, so pups aren’t orphaned while their parents can be legally killed
No more small-game license killing — coyotes should only be taken under a “furbearer” license
Mandatory reporting of every “furbearer” killed, so Colorado finally has real numbers
We know public input works. It’s one of the reasons why CPW voted in July to end unlimited “furbearer” killing in the first place. Every comment from a Colorado resident adds to that momentum. The more of you who speak up, the harder it is for commissioners to look away.

Take action at the link below.

https://click.everyaction.com/k/137946545/642487145/776419590?sourceid=1111678&nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAxNy8xLzEwNTkzNSIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25VbmlxdWVJZCI6ICIyN2MxZTE2Yy01N2ExLWYxMTEtOWIzMy0wMDIyNDgyYTlmMWQiLA0KICAiRW1haWxBZGRyZXNzIjogIm1hc21pdGgzN0BtZS5jb20iDQp9&hmac=tHwBduVughxSPct07DxguXYmaguMY6YliHKGGEpsagM=&emci=742e99f6-e291-f111-9b33-000d3a11fa30&emdi=27c1e16c-57a1-f111-9b33-0022482a9f1d&ceid=1931531

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