WDFW and county staff are continuing to coordinate patrols of the grazing area to increase human presence and use Fox lights at salting and watering locations to deter wolves.
The producer is continuing to remove or secure livestock carcasses (when discovered) to avoid attracting wolves to the rest of the herd, and remove sick and injured livestock (when discovered) from the grazing area until they are healed. The WDFW-contracted range riders did not resume riding because the livestock producer prefers that contracted range riders not work with their cattle at this time. Following the depredation confirmed on July 6, WDFW-contracted range riders were in the area for two days before pausing activity during lethal removal efforts.
#TOUCH XMAS SNOW MAN OPT PACK UPDATE#
On July 10, WDFW released an update detailing the proactive nonlethal conflict deterrence measures in place prior to the confirmed wolf depredation on July 6, and the subsequent lethal removal of an OPT wolf on July 13. Based on the evidence, WDFW staff confirmed these injuries were caused by wolves.
The exact date calves were injured could not be determined from the evidence present, but injuries on two of the calves were estimated to be four to five days old and injuries on the third calf were at least a week old. In addition, location data from a GPS-collared wolf in the OPT pack showed he was in the area where the calves were discovered. The damage to each of these calves was indicative of wolf depredation. The calves were treated and released back to the pasture. All of the calves had bite lacerations and puncture wounds with swelling and hemorrhaging in the underlying tissue. WDFW staff were alerted and investigated the injuries. On July 26, the livestock producer who has been experiencing depredations discovered three injured calves while gathering and moving cattle. Forest Service grazing allotment in Ferry County) in addition to four reported on July 23. Since the removal, WDFW staff have investigated three more livestock depredations in the same area (a U.S. WDFW’s approach to incremental lethal removal consists of a period of active operations followed by an evaluation period to determine if those actions changed the pack’s behavior. On July 13, WDFW lethally removed a radio-collared adult male member of the OPT wolf pack.
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