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In 2018, the OPT pack was involved in a total of 16 depredations (three killed and 13 injured livestock) in under two months, which prompted lethal removal action by the Department. In 2019, three depredations documented outside the grazing season were confirmed on Jan. 5. This additional depredation brings the total to 20 depredations (seven killed and 13 injured livestock) since Sept. 5, 2018. A summary of all documented depredation activity within the past ten months is included in every monthly update.
And its going to happen again and again and again, because wdfw always stops short of full removal of depredating packs. Every time they leave a few alive, and the obvious happens. the remaining wolves continue to attack livestock. same old song and dance, same giant waste of money. They always do the job half way.
Based on the chronic depredation history for this pack and the most recent depredation, Susewind is reauthorizing incremental removal of wolves from the pack, consistent with the state’s Wolf Conservation and Management Plan and the lethal removal provisions of the department’s wolf-livestock interaction protocol. The three wolf depredations confirmed on Jan. 5, 2019 were not considered in the Director’s decision."This is a very difficult situation for all those involved, especially given the history of wolf-livestock conflict in this area," Susewind said. "Our goal is to change this pack’s behavior."
While I applaud the Director for taking lethal action, his comment about "changing this pack's behavior" just reflects what the mentality is on the wet side. These are wolves, who's behavior has been developed for thousands of years! Thinking you can change their behavior is like hoping Washington State could turn republican......never going to happen!
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/jan/26/investigation-ferry-county-range-riders-were-in-sp/
