The wolf was found dead on April 3, 2024. A death investigation concluded the wolf came from the "Great Lakes" region but did not explain how it got to Colorado.

"In my opinion, necropsy findings are consistent with fight wounds as the cause of death," the report says. "The character of the wounds in most suspicious for intraspecific (wolf on wolf ...

No other details of Hope’s death were released and the incident is under investigation. “Hope was a sentient individual being and a messenger of the changes needed in the Mexican gray wolf recovery ...