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A specialist reported the wolf was shot, but it escaped into dense brush and hasn't been seen since.

CPW's press release was unclear about whether the wolf was hit, and the agency declined further comment.

An uncollared wolf that has been killing sheep in northwestern Colorado was shot by a team of state and federal officials during an authorized operation to lethally remove the animal.

Kurt Holtzen, a predator conflict mitigation specialist with Western Wildlife Conflict Mitigation based in Idaho, said he had been hazing the same wolf from a sheep band he was helping protect in Rio Blanco County prior to officials shooting the wolf Aug. 16.

Holtzen told the Coloradoan a member of the team shot the animal but that they couldn't determine if the shot was fatal after

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