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Investigators with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife have been very busy in the John Day area over the past couple of days. On Friday, May 20th, crews were called out to the Middle Fork John Day area of Grant County after a livestock owner found a dead six-month old, 350-pound calf, in a 1200 acre, private-land pasture about 400 yards from his corrals ...

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife investigators were called to a depredation in the Balm Creek area of Baker County over the weekend. On Saturday morning, 05/07/22, a livestock producer found an injured calf while moving cattle in a 1000-acre public land allotment ...

After a bit of a lull, wolf depredations have picked up in Oregon. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife crews were called to a pair of depredations in Baker County Monday May 2nd. The first case occurred after a livestock producer found two injured calves while on privately-owned pastureland near the town of Richland ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says a wolf was killed after chronic depredations in the NE corner of the state. The yearling male was a member of the Chesnimnus Pack and was killed Tuesday May 3rd under a kill permit issued by ODFW to a livestock producer after three calves were killed in three days ...

Earlier this week, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife crews were called out to the first depredation reported in roughly a month. On the afternoon of Monday April 25th after a livestock owner found the remains of a two-month-old, 170 lb ...

According to the Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management’s annual report, the wolf population in the state increased slightly between 2020 and 2021. The report indicates the minimum known count of wolves in Oregon at the end of 2021 was 175, and increase of two wolves from a year earlier. T ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says an 11-month old heifer was euthanized after being attacked by wolves last week. Crews were called to the Summer Lake area of Lake County Thursday morning, where the 800-pound cow had several injuries to its hindquarters ...

According to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, a herding dog was killed over the weekend by pack of wolves. Investigators were called to the Middle Bridge Loop area Sunday morning, after a livestock producers reported that his 40-pound Kelpie herding dog has been killed roughly 150 yards from their house ...

The Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division is asking for your help finding the person or persons responsible for shooting a wolf to death in Wallowa County. Investigators said the wolf was reported to OSP and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife on Saturday January 8th. T ...

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials have confirmed the first wolf depredation of 2022. Investigators were called to a mortally wounded 225-pound calf on privately owned timber land in Jackson County. ODFW says the calf died shortly after being found ...