A little snow in #ColoradoSprings made our bighorn sheep spectacular today. @COParksWildlife is baiting the Rampart herd daily as it prepares to capture about 20 to relocate in Beaver Creek Canyon south of Victor to establish a new herd. Here are some photos and videos. (1 of 11)
The predecessor agency to @COParksWildlife was the first in the U.S. to capture and relocate bighorn sheep in 1944 after they were hunted to near extinction in the 1800s-1900s. Today, we have about 7,000 Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep in Colorado. (2/11)
Jul 11, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING NEWS: A bear believed to have attacked woman in Manitou Springs has been caught and humanely euthanized by @COParksWildlife officers working with federal agents. Its cubs also were caught and taken to a rehab facility. A necrospy will be done on the remains. (1 of 3)
A team of @COParksWildlife officers & @USDA wildlife experts spent Friday night searching. The bears were caught early Sat near the attack site. Tom and Cec Sanders at Wet Mountain Wildlife Rehab in Wetmore will raise the cubs until their release into the wild in winter. (2 of 3)
Sep 19, 2019 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
See this bobcat? Notice its large teeth? Imagine the claws within its big paws. A #ColoradoSprings woman picked up this injured wild cat and put it in her car where her child was seated! NEVER PICK UP WILD ANIMALS. She was lucky. Please call @COParksWildlife and let us handle. @COParksWildlife We removed the bobcat, which was mortally wounded. Luckily, it was too injured to react to being picked up and placed in a car. But no one should EVER try this. This could have been tragic.