🐺 Big news from Colorado: for the first time since the 1940s, wild gray wolf pups have been born in the state. Wildlife officials confirmed that a wolf pair, often referred to as “Jane” and “John,” successfully produced a litter in Jackson County. At least three pups were observed, marking the first confirmed wild wolf birth in Colorado in nearly 80 years. Gray wolves were effectively eliminated from Colorado by the mid-20th century due to hunting and habitat loss. The arrival of this new litte