UPDATED: Wed., July 10, 2019, 6:29 p.m.
A wolf pack in northeast Washington with a history of attacking cattle will be targeted by state shooters this week.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the lethal removal order for the Old Profanity Territory wolf pack, Wednesday morning.
The pack inhabits the geographic area formerly lived in by the Profanity Peak Pack before WDFW killed seven pack members in 2016. Now, the OPT pack is credited with 20 depredations (seven killed cattle and 13 injured) since Sept. 5, according to the agency.
Environmental groups that have, in the past temporarily blocked similar orders, will not challenge this order in court, according to Sophia Ressler, the Center For Biological Diversity’s Washington wildlife advocate.
WDFW’s lethal removal policy allows killing wolves if they prey on livestock three times in
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Exposing the Big Game 
“Without adequate protections, these wolves are sure to face lethal control and persecution in states where the agribusiness lobby, big game hunting industry, and privatization advocates hold immense sway, such as presently seen in Utah, Colorado, and Eastern Washington and Oregon.”
https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/07/12/delisting-wolves-and-the-impending-wolf-slaughter/
The comment period closed Monday. What a way for WDFW and the ranchers to celebrate.
^^closes, sorry.
This may have already been posted, but I thought we all might enjoy a little tragi-comic satire about this (continual) situation:
https://envirosnowflakebrief.com/2018/09/14/infamous-washinton-rancher-mcirvin-pivots-away-from-wolf-sanctuary-and-cow-petting-zoo/
And we can’t forget Conservation Northwest: