10/06/09

BUTTE, Mont., (AP) _ Federal trappers say they have eliminated
the remaining members of a wolf pack that roamed the Centennial
Valley and blamed for attacking sheep and cattle in Montana and
Idaho.

Carolyn Sime, wolf program coordinator for the Montana
Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, says trappers shot and
killed the last four members of the Sage Creek pack last week.

Biologists say the pack was comprised of eight adults, but got
into trouble this summer in Idaho by preying on sheep at the Idaho
Agriculture Experiment Station near the Montana border.

At the time, Idaho officials decided to kill some of the wolves.
But Sime says Montana officials decided to act when the pack
crossed back into Montana and attacked sheep again.

Sime says trappers shot the remaining animals from the air.
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Information from: The Montana Standard,
http://www.mtstandard.com

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