The last four members of an embattled wolf pack were killed in Washington State Friday, hours before the court order that could have saved them.
The wolves, members of the Old Profanity Territory pack in the Colville National Forest of Northeastern Washington, were killed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) after the pack killed or injured 14 cattle in a ten month period, KUOW reported. The killings occurred early Friday morning, before a court hearing began at 9:30 a.m. in King County Superior Court. The judge ordered the state to temporarily halt its wolf killings until the case could go to trial, but the order came too late.
“It’s unbelievably tragic that this wolf family has already been…
Seems Washington is taking a page from Idaho’s book.