feds hunt wolves
3/1/2011
A federal official says authorities are running out of time to find and kill a single wolf or pair of wolves blamed for killing a cow in eastern Idaho.
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — A federal official says authorities are running out of time to find and kill a single wolf or pair of wolves blamed for killing a cow in eastern Idaho.
Todd Grimm of Idaho Wildlife Services says hunters have been searching since Jan. 21, and have until March 7 when a depredation permit runs out.
Officials say one cow was killed and another injured during the January attack about seven miles east of Howe.
Grimm tells the Post Register that tracks disappeared into an area without snow, and officials have since flown over the area several times without spotting wolves.
Grimm says the wolf or wolves probably live outside the area.
Near Mackay in central Idaho, Grimm says officials are also hunting a single wolf blamed for killing four calves.