Wolves are suspected of killing eight sheep on a public land grazing allotment south of Hoback Junction during the past 10 days. The
sheep are owned by the Siddoway Sheep Company, based in Terreton, Idaho
— the same company that reported losing 176 sheep near Teton Valley two
weeks ago after wolves caused the herd to stampede and crush each
other. “We had four more sheep killed by wolves on [Tuesday]
near Dog Creek,” Billie Siddoway said in an email. “The sheep were in
the herd from which we lost four sheep last week.” Graphic
photographs provided to the Jackson Hole Daily show that the sheep had
their innards ripped out of their abdomens. One of the four sheep killed
this week was partially consumed. In her email, Siddoway said
the Wyoming Game and Fish Department soon would confirm wolves as the
culprit in the sheep depredations...
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