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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a $10,000 cash reward for information regarding a wolf poaching that took place in Morrow County back in November.  This is in addition to the standing reward of $10,000 offered by the Oregon Wildlife Coalition, raising the reward total to $20,000.   ...

Following five depredations in the southeast corner of the state, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is now considering the lethal removal of a wolf or wolves from the Couse pack.  Investigators said those depredations date back to September 19th and have resulted in one dead calf, injuries to a cow, two calves and probable injuries to another cow. WDFW sai...

Following another depredation on livestock in the Onion Creek wolf pack territory, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is once again considering lethal removal of a wolf or wolves from the northeast corner of the state.   On September 19th, WDFW lethally removed two wolves, a yearling female and an adult male, from the Onion Creek pack territory following a series of livestock depredati

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed another depredation in Wallowa County.  Investigators say a four-month old calf was found injured on September 16th on private land in the Bartlett Bench area.  ODFW says this incident most likely occurred at the same time of the September 5th depredation by the Grouse Flats Pack.   Because of...

With these attacks and death happening, it got me thinking, about what would be the worst animal to be attacked by in Idaho.

Last week was a busy one for Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife crews.   On Wednesday, investigators were called to a dead calf, reported on private pastureland near Silver Lake in Lake County.  ODFW determined that calf was killed by wolves from the nearby Gearhart Mountain pack.   And o...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said a male wolf was trapped and killed February 4th on private land in Union County.  The wolf was trapped by USDA Wildlife Services, acting as an agent at the producer's request.  ODFW said the wolf was trapped in the same pasture where wolves had previous depredated calves.   Wolves hav...

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife investigators say a livestock herding dog was killed in a depredation last week in Union County.  Crews were called to Bazine Creek area Thursday where the dog was found dead on private land.  While ODFW has not confirmed which pack is responsible for last week’s depredation, the Department says it could possibly be the same wolves responsible for a pair of d

In central Oregon, planning is underway for a new Deschutes County Committee, to address potential conflicts between wolves and livestock.  County Commissioner Phil Chang said other counties have had Wolf Depredation Committees for years, but only recently was Deschutes County declared “an area of known wolf activity” or AKA.   “We’ve had w...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife called out two a pair of attacks on livestock this week.  On Monday, investigators were called to the Ft. Klamath area of Klamath County where two nine-month-old steers were found dead in a 200-acre private-land grass pasture.  The car...