by Associated Press
KETCHUM, Idaho — The state director of U.S. Wildlife Services says a central Idaho female wolf preying on sheep has been killed.
Todd Grimm tells the Idaho Mountain Express the wolf was tracked and killed May 24 after it killed a sheep on the Carey-area Flat Top Ranch owned by John Peavey.
Grimm says the wolf was less than 2 years olds and weighed between 70 and 80 pounds.
A kill order was issued earlier this month for two adult wolves after Peavey reported ewes were killed. The kill order for the second wolf remains in effect through mid-July.
Defender of Wildlife spokeswoman Suzanne Stone says Peavey isn’t using enough non-lethal deterrents to keep predators away from about 1,200 pregnant ewes spread over federal, state and private grounds.