Oregon tried to deter wolves for months

Federal hunters prepared to resume hunting Friday for two wolves responsible for killing more than two-dozen head of livestock at eastern Oregon ranches. Federal hunters will resume the hunt today for wolves responsible for killing more than two dozen head of livestock at eastern Oregon ranches. Coupled with controversial wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana, Oregon's decision to kill the two wolves, a male and a female, has produced an uproar among conservation, ranching and farming groups. Meanwhile, state reports show the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife tried a series of nonlethal tactics after wolves killed 24 lambs and a calf at two Keating Valley ranches in April. The efforts succeeded for several months, but new attacks in late August, on three more lambs and a goat, resulted in the state issuing permits to kill the wolves. Capturing and relocating the wolves is not an option under Oregon's wolf management plan because they've repeatedly attacked livestock, said Michelle Dennehy, spokeswoman for the department...TheOregonian