courtesy of the US Fish & Wildlife Service
The 2010 wolf population within the Northern Rocky Mountain Distinct Population
Segment (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, eastern one-third of Washington and Oregon, and a small
part of north central Utah) is roughly the same as it was in 2009 with at least
1,651 wolves in 244 packs, and 111 breeding pairs.
Confirmed cattle death losses in 2010 (199) were virtually the same as in 2009 (193). However,
confirmed sheep (249) and dog losses (2) in 2010 were much lower than in 2009 (749 and 24
respectively).
In 2010 MT removed 141 wolves by agency control; ID
removed 78 by agency control and another 48 by public hunting; and in WY, 40 wolves were
removed by agency control. No wolves were removed by agency control in OR or WA. A lone
depredating wolf was killed by agency control in UT.
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