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Reward For Oregon Wolf Kill Climbs to $10,000

October 10, 2010
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This is the wolf that was found dead on September 30. The photo was taken in early August when it was captured and fitted with a radio collar. ODFW photo.

The reward for information about the illegal killing of a wolf in Northeast Oregon has increased to $10,000.

Conservation groups kicked in $7,500 on Friday. That’s on top of the $2,500 reward offered by the federal government.

After days of speculation and rumors, U.S. Fish and Wildlife confirmed that an adult male member of the Wenaha wolf pack was found dead in the Umatilla National Forest on September 30. The agency says it hasn’t determined how it died. But Oregon Wild claims the wolf was shot to death.

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Was An Oregon Wolf Shot And Killed?

October 5, 2010
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This is the wolf Oregon Wild says was killed by a poacher. Authorities have not confirmed the information. ODFW photo.

Update: The Associated Press has ODFW on the record as confirming the death, and that it is the adult male shown on the left. But still no comment about how the wolf died.

Trying to sort out reports that one of Oregon’s wolves – a member of the Wenaha pack – has been found shot to death.

The LaGrande Observer reports that the wolf was found Thursday by an employee of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife in the Umatilla National Forest near Jarboe Meadow.

OPB says the wolf is the same one shown in the photo to the left, an adult male that was outfitted with a radio collar in early August.

But the most disturbing claim comes from Oregon Wild. In an email, the group says the wolf was found shot to death, and blames a poacher for the kill.

Oregon Wild says this is the third kill of a wolf since they returned to Oregon.

So far, neither Federal or State officials have confirmed the news.

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Here They Are, Photos Of Oregon’s Newest Wolf Pups

August 25, 2010
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Oregon Fish and Wildlife is giving us our first look at the newest members of the state’s growing wolf population.

The three photos, released late Wednesday afternoon, show the two pups born this year to the Wenaha wolf pack in Northeast Oregon.

ODFW captured, weighed and measured, then released the pups last Friday.

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Two New Wolf Pups In Eastern Oregon

August 23, 2010
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The Wenaha wolf pack in Northeast Oregon has produced at least two pups this season. ODFW confirmed the news this afternoon. They appear to the first pups born to the Wenaha pack.

And there’s some good news to report on Oregon’s other wolf pack. After being missing for almost three months, the alpha male of the Imnaha pack has been located.

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