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Take Action: Protect Oregon Wolves

ODFW has issued a kill order after the death of a calf in Wallowa county.  The kill order is for the alpha male and a sub-adult of the Imnaha pack.  According to ODFW, there are only four wolves total left in the Imnaha pack after the dispersal of some and the death of others.  Read the ODFW press relase here

HCPC joined a coaliton of conservation groups, including Cascadia Wildlands, Center for Biological Diversity, Oregon Sierra Club, and Oregon Wild, protesting this order.  Read the letter here

We feel that killing the Imnaha pack alpha male is not called for, and will cripple the recovery of wolves in Oregon. 

Wally Sykes, of NE Oregon Ecosystems, has pointed out that  "Oregon has chosen to encourage a wolf population and the majority of its citizens support this decision. Destroying Oregon's only current breeding pair, endangering Oregon's only known puppy, and eliminating Oregon's first and most well-known pack is not the way to do it."

Talking points are:
  • This collared alpha male wolf has been implicated in only one confirmed and one probable depredation.
  • Removing this alpha male destroys Oregon's first wolf pack and its oldest breeding pair.
  • Without this alpha male and the sub-adult, the remaining pup will probably not survive.
  • The OWP does not envision a wolf population that does not have conflicts with livestock. The Plan realistically tries to minimize rather than eliminate such conflicts.
  • The Oregon Wolf Plan does not require lethal removal of a depredating wolf, it allows it.
  • Non-lethal measures taken by the rancher involved may not have been adequate to meet the recommendations of the Oregon Wolf Plan.
  • The loss of the calf qualifies for compensation under the Oregon Compensation Plan.
You can email ODFW at odfw.comments@state.or.us   or at odfw.info@state.or.us

You can call ODFW at 1-800-720-6339 (press 4 for voicemail). 

You can also write to:

Mr. Roy Elicker Director, Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife
3406 Cherry Avenue N.E
Salem, OR 97303

  and

Governor Kitzhaber
160 State Capitol
900 Court Street
Salem, Oregon 97301-4047

You can call:
Governor's Citizens' Representative Message Line
503-378-4582 
541.963.3950PO Box 2768
La Grande, Oregon 97850