The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and conservation groups are offering a $6,150 reward for information about a male wolf killed in Baker County in late September.
A black wolf with a pink radio collar was found by the Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division and was shot, according to Fish and Wildlife officials.
“Poaching of any wildlife is wrong and harmful to conservation,” said Roblyn Brown, wolf program coordinator for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The wolf was the breeding male of the Cornucopia pack in eastern Baker County, and sired three pups last year. The Center of Biological Diversity and Oregon Wild each contributed $2,500 toward the reward, and NE Oregon Ecosystems added another $850. The reward includes $300 or five hunter preference points offered through Oregon’s Turn in Poachers program if the information leads to a citation in the case.
