Washington OKs Killing 1 Wolf in Pack After Cattle Attacks

KOMO ^ | 9/2

[nickcarraway]

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind has authorized the killing of one wolf because of cattle attacks in northeast Washington.

The Smackout wolf pack has attacked cattle on private and public land in Stevens and Pend Oreille counties, the Capital Press reported.

The agency said non-lethal deterrents employed by several ranchers have not stopped the predations. The wolf pack crossed the line for the department to consider lethal control when it killed two calves and injured two others during the last two weeks in August.

[Fiji Hill]

Shoot, shovel and shut up.

[cuz1961]

killed two calves

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Diversity inclusion and equity demands 2 wolves be killed and 2 more maimed.

No ?

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[ProtectOurFreedom]

Smackout Wolf Pack

When the Smackout Pack was confirmed in NE Washington in 2011 there were 5 pack members recorded. By 2013 the pack had 12 members. Gray wolves from the Smackout Pack dispersed and formed three new packs – the Dirty Shirt, Carpenter Ridge and Ruby Creek packs. There has been speculation that the Ruby Creek Pack split up due to the loss of the breeding adult male in 2014 when he was killed by a cougar.

The state wildlife agency killed two members of the pack in 2017 after the pack was involved in livestock predation.

The pack was implicated in a few livestock predations in mid-2018, and an adult male was killed by the state wildlife agency in November 2018. At the time, the pack had 4-5 adult wolves and no known pups.

At the end of 2018, the pack had a minimum number of 4 wolves, but was not counted as a successful breeding pair for the year.

During the winter population survey in January 2020, state biologists collared a pack member. The survey detected 4 pack members and confirmed successful breeding for 2019. A three-year old adult female wolf was collared in February 2020.

The 2020-2021 winter survey counted a minimum of six wolves in this back and a confirmed breeding pair.

Current numbers: 6

[Antihero101607]

No better way of putting it.

[sasquatch]

Carmel, CA had(has) big problem with wild pigs. The solution
they proposed was to cull 30%. The population would recover in about 1 year. Then it’s time for grants and studies.

[TigersEye]

I’m sure that killing one wolf will teach all the others to behave.

[robowombat]

The Smackout wolf pack has attacked cattle on private and public land in Stevens and Pend Oreille counties, the Capital Press reported.

I am shocked, profoundly shocked that wolfs attack livestock. Who could imagine such an outcome?

[Ex gun maker.]

Bring back the bounty on them.
They do make nice fur coats.

[Travis McGee]

They should “re-introduce” a full pack of wolves to NYC’s Central Park, also Boston, Portland, etc.

[Travis McGee]

See 10.

[mad_as_he$$]

Six wolves consume a lot of meat.

[21twelve]

Back in about 1995 I was doing work in Salmon, Idaho right after they had transplanted 4 wolves into the area. The first in the state. One day driving to the site there was a dead wolf hanging on the fence by the side of the road with a sign that said “Ranchers 1, Wolves 0”

The wolf was gone driving back into town that night but the sign remained.

I guess Wolves won the war though - I just looked and see that Idaho now has over 1,500 wolves.

[Albion Wilde]

Wolf literacy has gotten so bad, the wolf couldn’t read the “This Ranch Uses Non-Lethal Deterrents” signs.

[TigersEye]

LOL

That would serve them right. Especially the ultra-woke cities like Seattle and Portland, OR.

Not sure a pack of wolves could survive the native predators in NYC. :P