{"id":1758249,"date":"2022-12-01T11:32:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T16:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1758249"},"modified":"2022-12-01T11:32:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T16:32:58","slug":"officials-baffled-by-mystery-predator-behind-colorado-cattle-carnage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-baffled-by-mystery-predator-behind-colorado-cattle-carnage\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials Baffled By Mystery Predator Behind Colorado Cattle Carnage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fofficials-baffled-by-mystery-predator-behind-colorado-cattle-carnage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1758249&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Some 40 cows have been slaughtered on western <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/colorado-teenager-missing-more-than-a-week-found-alive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colorado<\/a> ranches by a mystery predator, and baffled authorities have no idea who or what is behind the cattle carnage.<\/p>\n<p>Cows have been found with missing tails and bite marks, but no tracks or other evidence of wolves or other animals have been discovered at the multiple sites. Some 18 cows were found dead on White River National Forest land on October 5, and the carcasses have continued to turn up in Rio Bianco County, in the far western portion of the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s perplexing; it\u2019s confusing; it\u2019s frustrating, trying to figure out exactly what occurred in this incident,\u201d Colorado Parks and Wildlife Northwest Regional Director Travis Black told agency commissioners last month. \u201cWe have no evidence of wolves in that area. That doesn\u2019t mean they are not there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What&#8217;s killing dozens of cows in northwest Colorado? <\/p>\n<p>To quote The Big Lebowski: &#8220;Well, dude, we just don&#8217;t know.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gqKHAgZibH\">https:\/\/t.co\/gqKHAgZibH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Conrad Swanson (@Conrad_Swanson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Conrad_Swanson\/status\/1597366053805252608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although some of the cows may have been killed by wolves, the lack of telltale tracks has Black skeptical. The cow carcasses don\u2019t bear the signs of typical wolf feeding, the state\u2019s only known wolfpack is a \u201cconsiderable distance\u201d from the sites, and trail cams and aerial surveillance have not detected any wolf activity in the area, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s frustrating, trying to figure out exactly what occurred in this incident,\u201d Black <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steamboatpilot.com\/news\/cpw-finds-no-evidence-of-wolves-near-meeker-where-40-cattle-have-been-found-dead-inexplicably\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told the Steamboat Pilot &#038; Today<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re scratching our heads a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rancher Lenny Klinglesmith, in an interview with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefencepost.com\/news\/18-head-of-600-pound-calves-dead-after-apparent-wolf-attack-near-meeker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Fence Post<\/a>, said the initial cattle were all found within a mile and a half of one another and that all suffered extensive trauma to their flanks, had bite marks on their heads and faces, and some had missing or damaged tails.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll 18 had trauma indicative of a wolf pack killing,\u201d said Klinglesmith, who runs the LK Ranch with his wife, Jackie. \u201cNothing fit the MO of a bear or a lion or larkspur.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Black said only five of the dead cows had wounds even \u201csomewhat consistent with wolf depredation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officials have also explored the possibility the cattle were felled by an infection of Clostridium bacteria, but veterinarians from Colorado State University and Texas A&#038;M University found no evidence of that.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery comes as Colorado is trying to reintroduce wolves back into the state\u2019s natural habitat.\u00a0Farmers and ranchers have bitterly opposed the plan, citing concerns for their livestock, according to Steamboat Pilot &#038; Today. Environmentalists claim rebuilding a wolf population is important for the state\u2019s ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some 40 cows have been slaughtered on western Colorado ranches by a mystery predator, and baffled authorities have no idea who or what is behind the cattle carnage. 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