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Media statement: Confirmed mortality of wolf 2516 in Utah

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Colorado Parks & Wildlife

Nov. 13, 2026

DENVER – 

Colorado Parks and Wildlife received a mortality alert for female gray wolf 2516 on November 7, 2026. The agency has confirmed the mortality took place in Utah.

2516 was one of the wolves brought to Colorado from British Columbia in January 2025. Over 18 months, 2516 traveled 9,000 miles on her own across Colorado and into neighboring states.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is looking into the circumstances of death, in coordination with Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Utah Department of Natural Resources divisions of Wildlife Resources and Law Enforcement. The cause remains unknown and no further details are available at this time.


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