Lookout Mountain Pack attributed to another depredation in Manning Creek area
By Shannon McKone on Tuesday, October 19th, 2021 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News More Top Stories
BAKER COUNTY – The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has reported another depredation by the Lookout Mountain Pack of Wolves. This recent incident was reported in the Manning Creek Area of Baker County.
Date Investigated: 10/16/21
Cause of death/injury: Confirmed
General situation and animal information: On the morning of 10/16/21 an adjacent landowner found a dead approximately 400 lb., 5-month-old calf in a 600-acre private-land pasture. The carcass had been heavily scavenged and was missing all internal organs and most of the tissue, though most of the hide was present from the rear legs above the hocks, belly, and ribcage. The calf was estimated to have died on the night of 10/14/21.
Physical evidence and summary of findings: The remaining hide was shaved and skinned. The calf had at least a dozen pre-mortem parallel tooth scrapes ≥ 1/8 inch wide in the hide of the rear left leg above the hock. The pre-mortem bite wounds are a clear sign of predator attack and the number, location, and direction of tooth scrapes is similar to other confirmed wolf attacks on calves. A GPS location from a radio-collared Lookout Mountain wolf around the time of the calf’s death was at the carcass location. The depredation is attributed to the Lookout Mountain Pack.
