OREGON SHERIFF Magazine News

Summer, 2010 -- The Sheriff's Office has been asked by many of our local livestock producers to assist in investigating cattle depredation because of wolves in Wallowa County. This is a serious issue as several other western states have found over the past number of years. Currently wolves in Wallowa County are managed by the State of Oregon and are subject to the Oregon Wolf Plan.

Wolves are coming onto private property and destroying the livestock. Ranchers need to be able to protect their private property from an invading predator and do not feel the state is concerned enough about protecting their livelihood. The Sheriff's Office has also been very busy in investigating a string of burglaries that took place earlier in the fall and winter.

Thank you for your support.

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