WDFW Kills Additional Ferry County Wolf

The state of Washington has killed a second wolf from a pack preying on cattle in Ferry County.  The Department of Fish and Wildlife says an adult female wolf was shot Friday.  The wolf is from the Old Profanity Territory pack that has repeatedly attacked cattle in the Kettle River Range.

The Center for Biological Diversity says the killing of wolves in senseless, and this is the fourth pack the state has decimated to protect the cattle of one rancher.

The wolf shot last week was believed to be the breeding female of the pack.  The pack is believed to consist now of an adult male and one juvenile.  The state will evaluate whether the hunts have changed the pack's behavior before undertaking another hunt.

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