2017 March 2, 2017 Wolf dies in unintentional take in northeast Oregon Dept of Fish & Wildlife SALEM, Ore.—Wolf OR48, a Shamrock Pack adult male, died on Feb. 26 on private land in northeast Oregon after an unintentional take by the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services. The wolf died after encountering an M-44 device, a spring-activated device containing cyanide …
Proposal would allow hunting Oregon’s wolves What is Oregon Thinking
ODFW is considering allowing public hunters to kill “problem wolves” as a more cost-effective management tool. Oregon wildlife officials have long maintained that no hunting season is planned for the state’s wolf population, even as the number of wolves in state continues to grow. Wolf hunting is legal in nearby Idaho and Montana — and around 400 animals are harvested annually between …
Why OR7 is a celebrity (While wolves still have names)
Some would say that…. Once wolf populations fully recover, we’ll no longer know the story of individual animals. Protect The Wolves® will insure that they are remembered! This story that somehow seems to think that individual wolf stories will no longer be remembered could not be farther from the Truth…. Especially here at Protect The Wolves® It appears that John Stephenson …
Biologists hope to capture, re-collar wolf
For Some reason, I am not sure that we trust their intentions MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — State and federal biologists are setting out traps nightly in hopes of catching and collaring gray wolf OR-7 or his mate so they can regain the tracking capabilities that allowed the world to watch his long journey for a mate. Biologists are using padded …