The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a reward for information on the fatal shooting of a Gray Wolf in Grand County, Colo.Authorities said the male wolf, identified as 2309-OR, was captured by Colorado Parks and Wildlife on Aug.

Federal wildlife officials announced Thursday they are seeking information related to what they called the illegal killing of a gray wolf reintroduced to Colorado as part of the state’s voter-mandated restoration program.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said a gunshot wound "ultimately led to the cause of death" of one of Colorado's released wolves that died in 2024.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a reward for information after determining that a male wolf that died last summer after it was captured for killing livestock had been shot before it

A necropsy found that a reintroduced wolf, which had died shortly after it was captured as part of the Copper Creek Pack relocation effort, had a gunshot wound, which led to its death.