Wolf pack blamed in Colorado livestock attacks is captured and will be relocated

Colorado wildlife officials said Monday that they captured and plan to relocate five members of the first pack of wolves to form under the state's ambitious wolf reintroduction program.

A sixth wolf — the pack's adult male — was captured but died in captivity due to injuries unrelated to its capture, officials said. That wolf had been involved in repeated attacks on livestock and officials said it would have been kept in captivity if it survived.

The attacks and subsequent capture of the Copper Creek pack mark an early stumble in a voter-driven initiative to restore wolves to a state where they were wiped out decades ago by poison, trapping and hunting.

The pack formed after 10 of the predators from Oregon were released in December over bitter opposition from livestock groups.