More sheep dead at Flat Top
By KATHERINE WUTZ
A U.S. Wildlife Services official said Monday that his department has the authority to kill three wolves following an attack on domestic sheep on Flat Top Ranch near Carey.
George Graves, assistant state director for the Idaho division of U.S. Wildlife Services, said the kill order was issued Monday after a Wildlife Services pilot spotted several dead sheep from the air. The eight sheep were either killed over the weekend or early Monday, he said.
Most recent estimates from Wildlife Services state that only three to four wolves remain in the pack. Graves said he does not believe the pack reproduced this year.
Flat Top Ranch Owner John Peavey said that his ranch has lost a total of 32 sheep this year–far more than at this time last year.
For more on this story, see the Wednesday print edition of the Idaho Mountain Express.