I am writing to update you on a recent wolf depredation in the Profanity Peak wolf pack area. Department staff investigated one cow carcass in the Profanity Peak wolf pack area. Based on the investigation, the cow was classified as a confirmed wolf depredation event. The total wolf depredation events to date (in 2016) in the Profanity Peak pack area are 2 confirmed wolf depredation events and 2 probable wolf depredation events.
More information on wolf-livestock conflicts in 2016 is available on the Department’s website in a “Chronology of events” document on the webpage for each wolf pack, located at https://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/gray_wolf/packs/. The document will be updated next week with information associated with the depredation event described above.
- Donny Martorello, WDFW Wolf Policy Lead