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Ore. to kill 2 Imnaha wolves after calf found dead

The Columbian
Published: September 23, 2011, 5:00pm

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will kill two wolves from the Imnaha wolf pack after they were blamed for a livestock kill in Eastern Oregon.

The department tracked an adult male wolf with a GPS collar to the location of a calf that was killed earlier this week.

Killing the adult male and a second, uncollared wolf will leave two wolves in the pack. Other wolves from the pack have dispersed to new areas.

The wildlife-advocate group Oregon Wild has protested the proposed kills, saying they are a “major blow” to Oregon’s wolf recovery program.

The Imnaha pack has been blamed for 14 livestock kills since mid-2010.

Wolves in the area were delisted from the federal Endangered Species Act in May, when the department killed two other wolves.

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