Wolves confirmed in calf killings near Pipestone

Wildlife agents have confirmed that a wolf or wolves killed two calves in the Pipestone area, southeast of Butte. An agent with U.S. Wildlife Services investigated on Oct. 7 a calf found dead in a private pasture and verified that a wolf was responsible for the killing, said Nathan Lance, Butte-area wolf biologist with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Two days later, agents investigated a second calf found dead on Bureau of Land Management land and determined that it, too, had been killed by a wolf. Lance said there are no known packs in the area, but it's well within the range of the Table Mountain pack that roams the Highland Mountains, south of Butte. But he said it could have easily been a wandering wolf...more