The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife on Thursday, July 29 authorized a Baker County ranching couple, or their designated agents, to kill up to four wolves from the Lookout Mountain pack, not including the pack’s breeding male and female.
Wolves from that pack have attacked the ranchers’ cattle four times since July 13 in eastern Baker County, killing two animals and injuring two others.
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