The Colorado Sun waddled out another head-shaker by Jason Blevins about how reintroduced gray wolves are now chowing down on cattle like it’s an Old Country Buffet—and predictably, the Denver-Boulder crowd who voted this stupidity in are nowhere to be found.
The Bullet Point Brief
- After unleashing wolves like it’s some Disney fantasy, the state is now scrambling for solutions. Surprise: Nobody asked the ranchers.
- Ranchers are losing livestock fast and getting stuck with government red tape instead of real help.
- CPW (Colorado Parks and Wildlife) wants to play cowboy counselor instead of letting folks protect their damn property.
- Voters in the glorious Denver/Boulder ruling axis—who’ve maybe seen a cow once on TikTok—decided rural policy should be based on feelings and fairy tales.
- Wolves were dumped in regardless of the actual ecological impact or economic disaster they cause—because cities run this state now.
My Take
Only in modern America do we place apex predators back into ranch country because someone in Boulder thinks it sounds romantic over kombucha. This isn’t Yellowstone, sweetheart—it’s Colorado beef country. These aren’t “bad wolf misunderstood creatures,” they’re fanged wrecking balls with a taste for steak tartare straight off the hoof. And guess what? That cow they just gutted wasn’t just a ‘number’—it was someone’s investment, someone’s livelihood, someone’s damn mortgage payment.
You want wolves? Fine. Stick ‘em in Cheesman Park and let the granola crowd put their tofu where their mouth is. Leave working families alone. Ranchers are already dealing with weather, markets, taxes, and inept overlords at CPW—they don’t need apex predators tossed in like it’s a Hunger Games reboot. Want to fix it? Let ranchers solve it—with lead if needed. Because until Wolfy starts eating paychecks on Capitol Hill or Pearl Street, no one there gives a damn.
