State relocates over a dozen wolves through controversial capture-and-release method: 'Do not kill'

State relocates over a dozen wolves through controversial capture-and-release method: 'Do not kill'

The Eagle and Pitkin counties in Colorado now count 15 more wolves, following a successful capture-and-release operation. State wildlife officials have released 15 wolves from Canada over the last week in what science news site Phys.org says is the second round of a "historic, voter-mandated" reintroduction of the predator. Captured by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) biologists in British Columbia and Copper Creek, the wolves — including a mot…