SPOKANE, Wash. The last four members of a wolf pack that preyed on cattle in a rural Washington state area bordering Canada have been killed by state hunters, prompting protests from environmental groups.
Environmental groups opposed the killings, which they contended benefited one ranching operation in Ferry County in the remote Kettle River Range of mountains that stretches into the Canadian province of British Columbia. Video: California’s Only Known Wolf Pack Adds Three PupsHunters for the state Department of Fish and Wildlife who were inside helicopters tracked down and shot the wolves from the air on Friday, agency spokeswoman Sam Montgomery said.
The rancher hired horse riders to ride among the cattle and try to scare the wolves away before the decision was made to kill them, the agency said.
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