Posted on 07/21/2021 11:08:36 AM PDT by mac_truck
LA GRANDE — Nine confirmed attacks on lambs and ewes were attributed to the Ukiah Pack on private land eight miles south of Meacham — the first known report of this pack interacting with livestock.
According to an Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife report, a sheep herder in the Kamela area of Mount Emily notified a ranch hand July 4 that sheep had scattered from around their bedding area near his trailer the previous evening.
That same morning, the report said, a member of the public found two dead ewes and one dead lamb on the same timbered, privately owned pasture and notified the ranch hand. An additional three dead lambs, one dead ewe and two injured lambs were discovered, one of which wasn’t found until July 7. All of the animals are believed to have been injured or killed on the evening of July 3.
Tracks of multiple wolves were found near several of the carcasses. GPS data located a radio-collared Ukiah wolf within 150 yards around the time of the attack where three of the sheep carcasses were found.
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OK I’ll say it. Shoot shovel and shut up
Hunting wolves to extinction is a bad idea. At least in Oregon, ranchers/farmers are compensated for their loss.
They joined the sheep for a vote on what’s for dinner. Democracy in action.
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I hadc4 chickens killed last year. Not one peep from MSM.
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