by Alton Worley II, KOMO News StaffMon, January 6th 2025 at 12:39 PM
A female member of Washington’s former Diamond Pack seen in 2010. (Credit: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.)
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WASHINGTON STATE — After three illegal wolf killings in Washington state, the Center for Biological Diversity and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are offering rewards totaling $20,000 apiece for information leading to arrests.
The wolves were each killed in a part of the state where wolves are still federally protected under the Endangered Species Act, the Service also has offered a $10,000 reward in each case.
The first two killings were publicly reported on Oct. 28, 2024, by the Service, and the third killing was reported on Jan. 3, 2025, by the Service:
- an adult male gray wolf in late September or early October 2024, east of the Klickitat River near U.S. Highway 142 and Goldendale in Klickitat County
- an adult female gray wolf discovered southwest of Twisp in Okanogan County on Oct. 20, 2024
- an adult male gray wolf in Klickitat County near Trout Lake around Dec. 17.
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At least 22 wolves are known or suspected to have been poached across Washington state since 2022, according to the Center.
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