DNR estimates there are nearly 700 wolves in the state currently, a number that has grown in recent years including 2005 when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service relisted wolves to endangered status. DNR wolf page
According to the report, total livestock depredation in 2010 included: 63 cattle killed (47 calves), 5 cattle injured, 6 sheep killed (4 lambs), 1 goat injured, and 6 farm deer killed. A total of 25 to 27 packs and 2 to 4 loners/dispersers were involved in depredation on livestock. Twenty-three of the depredating packs were detected in the previous winter and were 13% of the known packs in the state.
34 dogs attacked
Thirty-four cases of wolf depredations on dogs were detected during 2010, including 14 cases of wolf depredations on pet dogs near homes, and 20 cases of depredations on dogs in hunting and training situations, DNR reported. total of 24 dogs were killed and 14 were injured by wolves by 21 different packs (12% of packs in the state in 2010) and 1 loner/disperser. Among hunting dogs 19 were killed and 4 were injured (including 1 bird dog), and among pet dogs, 6 were killed and 10 were injured.