The department is in an evaluation period to determine whether removing one wolf from the Togo pack Sept. 2 has changed the pack’s behavior and reduced the potential for recurrent wolf depredations on livestock.
The length of the formal evaluation period corresponds to guidance in the 2017 Wolf-Livestock Interactions Protocol, which indicates the department may consider lethal removal if there are at least 3 depredation events within a 30-day rolling window of time, or at least 4 depredation events within a 10-month rolling window of time (see protocol for more information).
The department has not documented any additional wolf depredations by the Togo pack in the last 30-day window. The latest depredation was 42 days ago on Sept. 7. As a result, this is the last weekly update for the Togo pack.
If WDFW documents additional wolf depredations on livestock within the 10-month rolling window, the department may initiate another lethal removal action following the guidelines of the Wolf Plan and 2017 protocol.
The livestock producer involved has continued to employ non-lethal deterrence measures described in the Sept. 13 and Aug. 20 updates.
For more information, please see updates on the Togo pack on:
2018 updates
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May 24
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Aug. 2, 11, 13, 20, 22, 24, 28, 31
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Sept. 13, 25
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October 5
2017 updates
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Nov. 9, 15