Coming on the heels of a move by state wildlife managers to suspend the lethal removal of wolves due to mistakes made on a recent hunt, an other pack has now reached the depredation limit, triggering action. It all happened in the space of less than two weeks. The Leadpoint Pack has killed three cows and calves, and injured two more since August 22, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, which is now in the process of putting together a recommendation about how to address the situation. The state’s wolf removal policy allows a hunt of pack members that kill or injure livestock three times within 30 days or four times within 10 months. The rancher must show that non-lethal measures failed to work before a wolf can be euthanized.
