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Federal agents shoot 2 Idaho wolves
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOISE, Idaho -- Federal agents in an airplane shot two wolves from a pack believed to have been preying on livestock in central Idaho, the first kills since state officials took over management of the predators earlier this month.
The adult male and female of the Buffalo Ridge Pack were killed Jan. 19 by agents of the federal predator-control agency Wildlife Services. Four days earlier, members of the pack killed at least one calf in the pasture of a rancher in the Challis area near the Salmon River.
Idaho wolves are protected under the federal Endangered Species Act, but can be shot legally if they are preying on livestock.
Todd Grimm, a Wildlife Services district supervisor, said Friday his agency worked with state Department of Fish and Game wolf coordinator Steve Nadeau, who gave agents permission to kill two wolves.
Although Fish and Game assumed day-to-day management of Idaho's 600 wolves from the Interior Department as of Jan. 5, the federal government still assists the state with predator control.
Since wolves were introduced in 1995 to Idaho and Yellowstone National Park, they've multiplied to more than 900 in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Federal agents and livestock owners have legally killed more than 300 wolves in the region that were confirmed or suspected of having preyed upon livestock.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOISE, Idaho -- Federal agents in an airplane shot two wolves from a pack believed to have been preying on livestock in central Idaho, the first kills since state officials took over management of the predators earlier this month.
The adult male and female of the Buffalo Ridge Pack were killed Jan. 19 by agents of the federal predator-control agency Wildlife Services. Four days earlier, members of the pack killed at least one calf in the pasture of a rancher in the Challis area near the Salmon River.
Idaho wolves are protected under the federal Endangered Species Act, but can be shot legally if they are preying on livestock.
Todd Grimm, a Wildlife Services district supervisor, said Friday his agency worked with state Department of Fish and Game wolf coordinator Steve Nadeau, who gave agents permission to kill two wolves.
Although Fish and Game assumed day-to-day management of Idaho's 600 wolves from the Interior Department as of Jan. 5, the federal government still assists the state with predator control.
Since wolves were introduced in 1995 to Idaho and Yellowstone National Park, they've multiplied to more than 900 in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Federal agents and livestock owners have legally killed more than 300 wolves in the region that were confirmed or suspected of having preyed upon livestock.
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