Tagged: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Infected Bighorn Sheep
4:26 pm
Tue April 2, 2013

WA Wildlife Managers To Euthanize Bighorn Sheep

Credit Matthew Zalewski / Wikimedia Commons
A herd of bighorn sheep has been infected with a disease that causes pneumonia.

Wildlife managers are euthanizing bighorn sheep in central Washington. A herd has been infected with a disease that causes pneumonia.

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New Wolf Pack
6:08 pm
Wed March 27, 2013

Washington Confirms ‘Wenatchee Wolf Pack’

Credit Northwest News Network
A new wolf pack was confirmed outside Wenatchee.

Washington officials confirmed a new wolf pack outside Wenatchee this week. But the pack has already run into trouble with ranchers.

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Tracking Pygmy Rabbits
4:45 pm
Wed January 9, 2013

Pygmy Rabbits Recovering In The Wild

Credit U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website
Washington’s pygmy rabbits were federally listed as endangered in 2003.

Biologists released more than 100 pygmy rabbits into the wild this summer. Now, as temperatures drop and snow falls, they’re out tracking the rabbits to find out how many of the endangered species have survived.

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State Officials Kill Wolf
4:33 pm
Wed August 8, 2012

Washington Officials Kill First Wolf Over Livestock Loss

Credit Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
State officials killed a female wolf in northeastern Washington Tuesday.

For the first time, state officials have killed a female wolf from a pack in northeastern Washington after repeated incidents with livestock on nearby ranches.

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