Divisions emerge as WA looks to retool its wolf shooting rules
From Washington State Standard:
A little more than two weeks ago, the director of the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife ordered the killing of one or two wolves in southeast Washington after a series of attacks occurred on livestock. Before the June 23 order was carried out, wildlife officers found one wolf already dead.
The adult uncollared male had been illegally shot likely two days before the order, according to Fish and Wildlife. On June 30, agency officials killed a second wolf as part of the lethal removal operation. The agency’s police are investigating the illegal shooting.
