A gray wolf connected to the deaths of five lambs and a ewe on Colorado’s Western Slope this summer likely was killed by state wildlife officials in August, although its body has not been found.

The uncollared wolf was the lone member of the Copper Creek pack that was not captured and relocated by Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials in late 2024, the agency said in a lethal removal report released Friday.

Parks and Wildlife began investigating after the first lamb was killed near Meeker on July 20, a few days after the agency received photos confirming an uncollared gray wolf was in the area, state officials wrote.

Another lamb was killed July 22, followed by a ewe on Aug. 2, and one lamb was killed and three others injured in an Aug. 16 attack, according to Parks and Wildlife. On

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