Apr 24, 2024 · A rancher in Elbert County, Colorado, found a wolf in a coyote trap on private land in early April. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed through DNA analysis that the animal was a gray wolf from the Great Lakes population.

Apr 19, 2024 · A rancher in Elbert County, Colorado, contacted Colorado Parks and Wildlife after discovering a wolf-like animal in a legal coyote trap on April 3 on a ranch in eastern Colorado. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed that this animal is a …

Mar 10, 2025 · In the quiet countryside of Elbert County, Colorado, a rancher stumbled upon something far more sinister than a coyote in his trap—a gray wolf, miles away from where it should have been. This mysterious creature, without a tracking collar and hailing from the Great Lakes region, wasn’t one of Colorado’s known wolves.

Apr 24, 2024 · Genetic testing confirmed the wolf came from gray wolf populations in the Great Lakes region, more than 1,000 miles away from where it ended up in Colorado, officials said. Great Lakes...

The eastern wolf – which was referred to as the "Great Lakes" wolf in this study – was 58% gray wolf and 42% coyote with hybridization having occurred 546–963 years ago. The study rejected the theory of a common ancestry for the red and eastern wolves.

Coyotes and wolves hybridized in the Great Lakes region, followed by an eastern coyote expansion, creating the largest mammalian hybrid zone known. [16]

Oct 5, 2024 · A Great Lakes region wolf was found dead in a legal trap for coyotes, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed through genetic testing. The startling thing is where: in Elbert County,...

Apr 19, 2024 · A rancher in Elbert County, Colorado, contacted Colorado Parks and Wildlife after discovering a wolf-like animal in a legal coyote trap on April 3 on a ranch in eastern Colorado. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed that this animal is a …

Apr 22, 2024 · A rancher in Elbert County, Colorado, contacted Colorado Parks and Wildlife after discovering a dead wolf-like animal in a legal coyote trap on April 3 on a ranch in eastern Colorado. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed that this animal is a gray wolf from the Great Lakes wolf population.

Apr 3, 2024 · Gray wolf: Gray wolf mistaken for coyote shot and killed in West Michigan; Roell said the DNA revealed it was a Great Lakes wolf.