Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

After roughly four weeks of quiet, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife crews were called to their 2nd depredation in as many days last week. On Tuesday, May 26th, a livestock owner reported seeing eight wolves around the remains of a six-week-old, 180 lb ...

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 ...

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife crews were called to a pair of depredations, within hours of each other in the southern part of the state last week. On the morning of Friday November 5th a ranch employee found a dead 350 pound weaned calf in private pastureland in the Bly area of Klamath County ...

The month of November picked up where the month of October left off when it comes to wolf depredations in Oregon. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife crews were called to Jackson County Monday where a ranch hand found a dead 10-month-old 650 pound steer in fenced pastureland ...

Late last week, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the authorization of lethal action against the OR30 pack. Since early June, the Umatilla base pack has depredated six times on private land pastures, resulting in the death or injury of five sheep and five calves ...

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife crews were called to a pair of depredations in opposite corners of the state last week. On Monday, October 18th, a livestock producer found an injured six month old calf on a large private forested pasture in the Horseshoe Ridge area of Umatilla County ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced this week that three more wolves from the Lookout Mountain pack in Baker County were killed. ODFW said one yearling and two 6-month-old juveniles were killed during a recent helicopter flight ...