--- description: The wolf was named Echo by school children title: Hunter Kills First Wolf in Grand Canyon in 70 Years image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Wildlife](/tag/wildlife/) ## Wildlife Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hunter Kills First Wolf in Grand Canyon in 70 Years  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2015 2:33 PM CUT  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2015 2:33 PM CUT The first gray wolf seen near the Grand Canyon in 70 years [was killed by a hunter](http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci%5F27505085/wolf-killed-december-utah-was-seen-earlier-near "undefined") in Utah in December, wildlife officials confirmed on Wednesday. Echo the wolf — so-named last month in a nationwide student contest — is believed to have traveled at least 750 miles in search of a mate, including through the Grand Canyon region in northern Arizona where the last of its kind were killed off in the 1940s, the Denver _Post_ reports. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said DNA tests confirmed the dead wolf’s identity after it was killed in Utah by a hunter who says he mistook it for a coyote. Gray wolves are considered endangered in southern Utah, and a spokesman for the Fish and Wildlife Service said the investigation into Echo’s death is ongoing, according to the _Post_. \[[Denver _Post_](http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci%5F27505085/wolf-killed-december-utah-was-seen-earlier-near "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3706877/echo-wolf-grand-canyon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3706877/echo-wolf-grand-canyon/"},"headline":"Hunter Kills First Wolf in Grand Canyon in 70 Years","datePublished":"2015-02-12T14:33:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:22:29.808Z","description":"The wolf was named Echo by school children","url":"https://time.com/3706877/echo-wolf-grand-canyon/","keywords":["Wildlife","animals","nature","echo"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/wildlife/","name":"Wildlife"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3706877/echo-wolf-grand-canyon/","name":"Hunter Kills First Wolf in Grand Canyon in 70 Years"}}]}] ```