Poaching, suspicious deaths raise concern for Oregon gray wolf population
From Yahoo News:
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is showing concern over the number of confirmed poaching incidents and suspicious deaths of gray wolves in the state within the last year.
A new report released Thursday from the Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management shows the state’s wolf population did not grow at all in 2023, remaining at 178 at the end of the year. This is first year of zero annual growth in 16 years, according to ODFW. The growth from 175 to 178 between 2021 and 2022 was also not much of an improvement, with the Center for Biological Diversity calling the stunted growth “a tragedy.”
