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Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Another Washington wolf pack targets livestock
A northeastern Washington wolf pack so new it hasn't been formally
recognized has been confirmed in a livestock attack in Ferry County,
state wildlife officials announced today. The Profanity Pack, which apparently was documented sometime this
year by a biologist working with the Colville Confederated Tribes, has
been related to a wolf attack on cattle reported Sept. 12 on a Colville
National Forest grazing allotment. The pack, which doesn't yet show on state wolf recovery maps, was
named for its proximity to Profanity Peak, elevation 6,428 feet, along
the crest of the Kettle River Range east of Curlew, and north of
Sherman Pass. “Remote cameras show the pack includes at least three adults and
three pups,” said Nate Pamplin, Washington Fish and Wildlife Department
wildlife program director. “WDFW is coordinating with the Colville Confederated Tribe on camera
monitoring and future trapping efforts to place a radio collar on
members of the pack.” The Diamond M livestock operation, grazing on a U.S. Forest Service
(USFS) allotment, reported finding a wolf-killed cow and calf in the
vicinity of the Profanity Peak pack, Pamplin said. Diamond M Ranch also had problems with wolf attacks mostly on private
land in northern Stevens County in 2012. Those attacks affecting 17
cattle, led the state to put helicopter gunners in the air and kill eight members of the Wedge Pack. “WDFW staff and deputies from the Stevens County and Ferry County
sheriff’s offices responded and went to the site on Friday,” Pamplin
said. “The area was remote, about four miles by trail from the nearest
road. WDFW staff confirmed that the cattle had been killed by wolves
approximately a week before the necropsy.”...more
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