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WDFW NEWS RELEASE about Wolves.
« on: April 01, 2013, 06:12:43 PM »
WDFW NEWS RELEASE
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091
http://wdfw.wa.gov/

April 1, 2013

Contact: Darren Friedel, (360) 902-????

Wildlife officials to euthanize
diseased Wolves

OLYMPIA - State wildlife officials will take steps this week to curb the spread of a deadly pneumonia outbreak by euthanizing wolves at NE.

Biologists with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services will spend the next several weeks removing wolves packs.

Because most of the wolves are believed to be infected with a disease that causes pneumonia, almost all of the animals will likely need to be euthanized, said Richard Harris, wildlife manager for WDFW.

"A majority of the live wolves spotted during recent surveys looked to be in poor condition, with about a third of those animals coughing or showing other signs of the disease," Harris said. "We hate to have to take this action, but we believe it’s necessary to stop the spread of a disease that could devastate adjacent Packs of wolves in the area."

The disease has already significantly reduced the herd, which is currently estimated at between 35 to 50 animals, said Harris. In recent years, the numbered as many as 200 animals.

So far, no dead or sick wolves have been found outside the Steven County

Earlier this year, wildlife managers received reports of sick and dead wolves along the NE. To date, about 25 dead wolves have been found by WDFW biologists conducting aerial and ground surveys.

Carcasses tested at Washington State University’s veterinary laboratory were found to have pneumonia, caused by Mycoplasma bacteria.

The disease is often fatal in wolves and can affect the survival rate of pups later born to animals that survive the disease, Harris said. There is no treatment for wolves with pneumonia and there is no preventative vaccine for the disease.

Pneumonia in wolves is very transmissible to humans or domestic livestock, said Harris, who noted that the department is exploring options for how the meat may be used.

Heads and other biological samples from euthanized wolves will be removed from the area, Harris said.

The WA area is home to about a third of the state’s 200 wolves with totaling nearly 50. Other packs in the area include the Quilomene, Cleman Mountain and Umtanum/Selah Butte, Tenanaway, Okanagon, Steven, and everywhere.

In 2010, state and federal wildlife managers took similar action and successfully stopped the spread of the disease in the NE . Since then, pups survival has increased and the population in the area is recovering.

Past outbreaks among wolves  in Washington and other parts of the western United States have been linked to contact between wolves packs  that carry Mycoplasma but are unaffected by the bacteria. However, there is currently no evidence that there was contact between domestic and wolves in the NE area, said Harris.

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Re: WDFW NEWS RELEASE about Wolves.
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2013, 06:17:36 PM »
I hear Costco is selling gun powder too.

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Re: WDFW NEWS RELEASE about Wolves.
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2013, 06:19:59 PM »
I hear Costco is selling gun powder too.

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Re: WDFW NEWS RELEASE about Wolves.
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2013, 06:20:55 PM »
Nice try.  :chuckle:
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Re: WDFW NEWS RELEASE about Wolves.
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2013, 06:51:15 PM »
Ha ha  :chuckle:
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Re: WDFW NEWS RELEASE about Wolves.
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2013, 08:24:33 PM »
WDFW seem awful positive? How do they plan to carry out this euthanizing? how much money and time did they spend trying to kill four wolves? And later with their show and tell? $70,000 according to them.

I bet this little line of WDFW BS will set WA back a few years on Wolf recovery? How many people believe anything that WDFW say anymore? Except of  those who work for them.

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Re: WDFW NEWS RELEASE about Wolves.
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2013, 08:26:45 PM »
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Re: WDFW NEWS RELEASE about Wolves.
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2013, 08:28:45 PM »
WDFW seem awful positive? How do they plan to carry out this euthanizing? how much money and time did they spend trying to kill four wolves? And later with their show and tell? $70,000 according to them.

I bet this little line of WDFW BS will set WA back a few years on Wolf recovery? How many people believe anything that WDFW say anymore? Except of  those who work for them.

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Re: WDFW NEWS RELEASE about Wolves.
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2013, 08:35:55 PM »
Too bad it's the 1st.

Otherwise I'd have to say go for it.  They would all die of pneumonia.  The WDFW can't find the wolves anyways.   :chuckle:

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Re: WDFW NEWS RELEASE about Wolves.
« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2013, 09:14:30 PM »
Three more hours of this...

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Re: WDFW NEWS RELEASE about Wolves.
« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2013, 09:20:26 PM »
What's the difference if the wolves spread the pneumonia to the rest of the animals, or eat them--the end result is the same...  :dunno:
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Re: WDFW NEWS RELEASE about Wolves.
« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2013, 03:57:56 AM »
What's the difference if the wolves spread the pneumonia to the rest of the animals, or eat them--the end result is the same...  :dunno:

The goal is to eliminate this entire herd, to avoid this herd exposing the illness to other herds nearby...
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