ENTERPRISE, Ore. (AP) — Federal and Oregon state wildlife officials say one or more wolves has killed a calf on private property in the Zumwalt area of northeast Oregon’s Wallowa County.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman Michelle Dennehy says a state wildlife employee found the dead calf Wednesday. Agents examined tracks and bite marks to determine what happened.
Under Oregon’s wolf management plan, nonlethal measures to avoid future problems are the first response to such attacks. Oregon wildlife officials are working with area landowners to consider such measures.
Wolves are federally protected as an endangered species in the western two-thirds of Oregon and are also listed as a state endangered species.
