Category: Nuisance Wildlife Management

Nuisance wildlife management is the term given to the process of selective removal of problem individuals or populations of specific species of wildlife. Other terms for the field include wildlife damage management, wildlife control, and animal damage control to name a few.

Feral swine eradicated from Colorado thanks to work of state and federal partnership

“Feral swine are the same species, Sus scrofa, as pigs that are found on farms. Feral swine are descendants of escaped or released pigs. Feral swine are called by many names including; wild boar, wild hog, razorback, piney woods rooter, and Russian or Eurasian boar. No matter the name they are a dangerous, destructive, invasive species.” USDA APHIS

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Colorado Parks & Wildlife officers confirm latest wolf pack sighting in NW Colorado

A trail of wolf tracks observed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers in
Northwest Colorado on January 19, 2020
MOFFAT COUNTY – Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officials are confirming they have additional evidence that a group of wolves is now residing in northwest Colorado.

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Restoring wildlife habitat in western Colorado starts with native seeds

Colorado Parks and Wildlife technician Ryan Lane holds a mixture of 30 different native seeds used to replant former farm land to benefit wildlife.
DOVE CREEK, Colo. – Good habitat is the key to maintaining wildlife populations. So Colorado Parks and Wildlife is working in western Colorado to restore abandoned farmland and other areas back to a natural condition.

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Colorado Rabies Update

Rabies in Colorado 2019

Rabies is regularly found among wildlife (especially skunks and bats) in Colorado, even in urban areas. We monitor wildlife and test animals showing signs of rabies to determine how far the disease has spread among skunks.

Rabies is a serious threat to humans and animals. Our lab-based monitoring helps us prevent cases in people and control the spread of rabies in animals, decide what treatment to use when humans have been exposed, figure out how to manage animals that might have been exposed, and add to the science of the disease.

So far in 2019, 134 animals from Colorado tested positive for rabies. Of those, 102 rabid animals are known or strongly suspected of exposing 207 domestic pets, 57 livestock animals, and 43 people. These numbers may change as additional information is acquired. 

Bat’s appearance at Indiana Pacers game may have exposed people to rabies 7-11-2019

Officials are warning of possible rabies exposure to anyone who had contact with a bat during the Indiana Pacers and LA Clippers game last week. Indiana health officials are urging game attendees who may have had contact with a bat that flew around Bankers Life Fieldhouse during the game Thursday, to contact a health care provider and get a rabies vaccination. MORE