The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) announced Aug. 24 that it will reissue a limited duration kill permit to a livestock producer who recently lost another calf to wolves, as confirmed in an Aug. 20 report from ODFW.
Since June, this same producer has experienced four depredations to his livestock by the Chesnimnus wolves in northeast Oregon. After three of his calves where injured by wolves in June, the livestock producer was issued a kill permit on June 21. No wolves were ever killed under the original permit, which expired July 10.
The new permit will allow the rancher or his agent to shoot one wolf on his public land allotment occupied by his livestock. It expires in 30 days (Sept. 24, 2018).
The permit requires that the producer continue to implement nonlethal measures and that there are no identified circumstances that attract wolf conflict. The producer has continued to use nonlethal efforts in the large forested allotment since June, with human presence around the cows and calves including camping out at night; removing injured livestock from the pasture to avoid attracting wolves; and placing remote cameras and monitoring the area for wolf signs and changes in cattle behavior in order to focus human presence.
ODFW employees have documented routine presence of wolves in the area during July and August. ODFW is working to learn more about these wolves and will place a radio collar on a wolf if there is an opportunity.
