Who is LAS13, the wolf killing at least six cattle in Bly 111921

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Who is LAS13, the wolf killing at least 6 cattle in Bly?

by LEE JUILLERAT for the Herald and News Nov 19, 2021

A wolf that left its pack in far northern California has been involved in the killing of at least six calves in the Bly region of eastern Klamath County in recent weeks.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife released information on the wolf, known as LAS13. According to ODFW, LAS13 is a male that left the Lassen Pack in Lassen County, Calif., as a yearling in August 2020 and entered Oregon near Goose Lake Valley in Lake County in October 2020. Because LAS13 has a functioning GPS radio-collar, ODFW receives information on a daily basis about his movements from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife if there is new location information.

That information shows LAS13 moving north into southern Deschutes and northern Lake counties, before moving into eastern Klamath County. In March 2021, remote camera monitoring detected LAS13 was traveling with a female wolf. Through camera monitoring, the two wolves continue to be documented together.

At this point, LAS13 is thought of as one wolf, or as the wolves traveling with him.

ODFW biologists investigated an incident of confirmed cattle depredation by LAS13 wolves on Oct. 31 in eastern Klamath County, which led to designating an Area of Depredating Wolves and “the preparation of an area-specific wolf conflict deterrence plan to assist producers and landowners manage potential conflict with wolves.” The ADW is intended to inform livestock owners where wolf-livestock conflicts are most likely to occur.

Officials said the deterrence plan was designated “for only a portion of the LAS13 area of known wolf Activity that has similar pasture situations as where the depredation occurred.”

Information on the pack’s current depredations, AKWA and ADW maps, and Deterrence Plan will be updated as necessary and posted on the ODFW website at www.odfw.com/wolves/.

ODFW policy is not to release the names of landowners where the kills take place, but said the activity has primarily occurred on large private ranches.

Officials said that since 2011, information regarding wolves in Klamath and Lake counties has been communicated to county leaders including the Klamath and Lake County commissioner’s offices, Fremont-Winema National Forest, Bureau of Land Management, APHIS-Wildlife Services, Oregon State University Extension Office and the Klamath and Lake County wolf depredation committees. That information includes a current description of known local wolf activity. In addition, because this area was formerly within the federally listed portion of Oregon, ODFW coordinated regularly with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The report said ODFW works with livestock owners in the area to provide information about “the importance of bone pile removal, and appropriate non-lethal measures to minimize wolf-livestock conflict.”

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