Washington Huckleberry Pack wolf killed in Montana had wandered 700 miles 

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A wandering western Washington wolf was shot near Judith Gap in September after killing sheep, having traveled about 700 miles in three months before getting into trouble.

When federal Wildlife Services killed the 2-year-old male on Sept. 29 it was wearing a collar that had been placed on the animal in February by Washington Fish and Wildlife biologists north of Spokane.

“Dispersal is a necessary and a very risky component of wolf population dynamics,” said Ty Smucker, Fish, Wildlife and Parks wolf specialist.

 This wolf left its pack in June, turning east into Idaho, then north in Canada. It re-entered the United States on July 4 near Eureka, heading southeast, Smucker said.

“By late July it was on the Rocky Mountain Front and Washington Fish and Wildlife called to let me know,” Smucker said.

Source: Washington wolf killed in Montana had wandered 700 miles | Outdoors | billingsgazette.com

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