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Oregon officials plan to kill two more wolves in Imnaha pack

By Associated Press
Published: August 17, 2017, 10:22pm
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A male in the Imnaha Wolf Pack is shown after being radio-collared in Oregon in May 20, 2014. Authorities plan to kill another two wolves in Oregon after more livestock were attacked.
A male in the Imnaha Wolf Pack is shown after being radio-collared in Oregon in May 20, 2014. Authorities plan to kill another two wolves in Oregon after more livestock were attacked. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Photo Gallery

ENTERPRISE, Ore.  — Authorities plan to kill another two wolves in Oregon after more livestock were attacked.

The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the wolves authorities are targeting are in the same pack as the two that were killed last week.

The pack of wolves in Wallowa County has become a problem for livestock in the area.

State biologists estimated in December that the pack has about 10 wolves in it.

State officials previously said they’ve documented wolf attacks on seven cattle in the past 13 months, including three cattle kills.

Oregon removed wolves from the state’s Endangered Species list in 2015, but the animals remain on the federal list and are protected in Western Oregon.

In other parts of Oregon, however, the animals are managed under the state’s wolf plan.

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