https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_news/wolves-target-rancher-s-animals-again/article_0f4dae82-cce4-5026-8043-14696ef769ed.html
Wolves target Oregon rancher's animals again.
Puppy makes 11th animal taken by Rogue Pack
Gray wolf
OR-7’s Rogue Pack is at it again at rancher Ted Birdseye’s
property, killing a mastiff pup Friday, according to the
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The dead dog is
the 11th livestock or pet kill attributed to southwest
Oregon’s lone wolf pack since September, but the first since
Jan. 21 when Birdseye installed “Air Dancer” inflatable
tubes in his livestock fields to deter the predators,
according to ODFW.
In this most
recent case, Birdseye last saw the dog outside around
midnight Thursday when the rancher went to turn on the Air
Dancers after being awakened by his dogs barking
“incessantly,” as they have done before past wolf attacks,
according to ODFW.
Nine hours
later, Birdseye found the dead dog in adjacent industrial
timberland about 400 yards from his residence in the
Boundary Butte area, where OR-7 and his pack have denned
regularly in recent years. Wolf tracks were found at the
scene, and the injuries to the dog were consistent with wolf
attacks, according to ODFW.
The predation
was attributed to the Rogue Pack.
Birdseye’s Air
Dancers and generators to run them were donated to him by
Defenders of Wildlife after the most recent livestock kill
at his ranch, which has been Ground Zero for wolf attacks in
Western Oregon.
====================================================
In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C.
section 107, any copyrighted material
herein is distributed without profit or
payment to those who have expressed a
prior interest in receiving this
information for non-profit research and
educational purposes only. For more
information go to:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml |
