From the moment ODFW issued the “shoot to kill” order, the days were numbered for those two wolves in Northeast Oregon. In this hunt, the humans had all the advantages. One of the wolves had been radio collared, allowing the pair to be tracked by airplane. Some time Saturday morning, officials with the USDA...
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Local conservation groups are cautious as they respond to the news that ODFW has issued orders to hunt and kill two wolves in northeast Oregon. The wolves made big news this spring when they attacked and killed dozens of sheep and other livestock at two ranches in Baker County. One of the wolves was...
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For the first time ever, wildlife officials have captured, radio-collared and released a wolf in Oregon. They believe this is one of the wolves that attacked two ranches in the Keating Valley in Baker County last month. 24 lambs and ewes, and a calf, were killed in the attacks. The capture is the result...
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Oregon ranchers, who want to be able to shoot wolves attacking their livestock, found a sympathetic audience Thursday morning in Salem. The brought their case to the House Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Rural Communities Committee. The hearing was for information only. A bill that would have given ranchers the authority they want, House Bill...
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Wildlife officials have called off the search for wolves that attacked two ranches this month in Baker County. There’s been no sign of the wolves since the last attack a week ago that killed a calf. After three aerial searches that found nothing, and traps that were empty, officials decided to give it a...
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Any hope Oregon ranchers had for legislation that would let them to shoot wolves is probably dead for this session. House Bill 3383 would have allowed ranchers and farmers to shoot wolves caught in the act of attacking their livestock. But it missed an important April 17 deadline to be put on the schedule...
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Here’s the latest on the wolf attacks in Baker County. The calf that was attacked last week has died. Phil Carroll of U.S. Fish and Wildlife says they’ve examined the body and have found wound marks that are consistent with a wolf attack. That information plus the tracks found at the site adds to...
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Here’s the latest we have on what appears to be a new wolf attack. When we last checked with wildlife officials, they still hadn’t found the wolf, or wolves, they think attacked a calf in Baker County overnight. The weather in the area was good today and officials searched for the predators by air,...
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11:05am Here’s a little bit of new information from U.S. Fish and Wildlife. The new attack took place about a mile away from the sheep ranch. They believe the calf was out in the pasture, not penned in and close to buildings like the sheep that were killed. It’s unclear how many predators were...
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Oregon’s first wolf kill in more than 60 years was bound to reignite the controversy over wolf protection, and the anger ranchers feel over seeing them return to the state. Four more sheep died from the attack, bringing the total to 23 dead at the ranch in Baker County. As today’s article in the...
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