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For Immediate Release, March 20, 2025

Contact:

Amaroq Weiss, Center for Biological Diversity, (707) 779-9613, aweiss@biologicaldiversity.org
Susan Prince, Wolf Welcome Committee, (415) 233-3243, wolfwelcomecommittee@gmail.com

Reward Raised to $30,500 for Info on Illegal Wolf Killing in Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore.— The Center for Biological Diversity and the Wolf Welcome Committee today offered a combined reward of $10,500 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the killing of a federally protected wolf near Sisters, Oregon. The wolf killed was the breeding male of the Metolius pack.

The killing was announced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service late Wednesday. The agency is offering its own reward pledge of $10,000. In addition, the Oregon Wildlife Coalition has a standing reward offer of $10,000 for any wolf illegally killed in Oregon. Today’s announcement brings the total reward to $30,500.

“Any illegal killing of these magnificent animals is tragic but the poaching of the Metolius pack’s breeding male may have consigned the pack’s pups to death by starvation or the pack to dissolve,” said Amaroq Weiss, senior wolf advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity. “These beautiful animals don’t deserve to die this way, and whoever killed this wolf should face the full force of the law.”

The mated pair of the Metolius pack was first discovered in 2021 in the Metolius Wildlife Unit of Jefferson and Deschutes counties. After the pair had four pups in 2024, this wolf family was designated as an official pack,.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will issue its annual end-of-year wolf report for 2024 in April, which, according to Department staff, will include confirmation that three of those pups are still alive. At this time, they would barely be yearlings and not yet skilled at hunting wild prey. April is also the time of year wolves give birth to new pups. If the female is pregnant now, she’ll be rearing new pups without the assistance of her mate.

The male wolf’s death means the loss of an experienced hunter who helped sustain this wolf family. That could result in conflicts with livestock, which are easier prey than elk or deer, or it could cause the pack to break apart.

“It’s only been a few years since this wolf pack made its home near Sisters, and the promise of their presence is what inspired our organization to form just a few years prior,” said Susan Prince, a co-founder and co-leader of Wolf Welcome Committee. “Locals have welcomed these wolves as part of Oregon’s natural heritage. The killing of this wolf is a real setback for wolf recovery and it’s personally heartbreaking.”

Since 2021 at least 33 wolves are known to have been poached across the state, including this most recent killing. Scientific research has shown that for every illegally slain wolf found, another one to two wolves have been killed and remain undiscovered.

Investigations are being conducted jointly by the Service, the Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Anyone with information regarding any of these cases is urged to contact the Service at (503) 682-6131, or the Oregon State Police Dispatch at (800) 452-7888, *OSP (*677) or email TIP@osp.oregon.gov. Callers may remain anonymous.

Dems, what can you say

77 people murdered in 2023 71 murdered in 2024

In Portland wonder how much reward money were offered to find their killers.

Dems are sick, sick people. We quit buying bud light.....they're burning and shooting every tesla they see.

Hope they don't stop with one wolf. More need to be sent to the pack in the sky. They do not belong in the lower 48 anymore.

That money should be a reward to the guy that killed the wolf!

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That money should be a reward to the guy that killed the wolf!

Apparently, it will be all his fault if the wolves kill domestic livestock.

There's always a price to make one "good ol boy" rat out another!

The road to hell is paved with good intention! So I ask you does the death of one wolf mean all male wolves quit screwing? and no more "litters"?

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Any illegal killing of these magnificent animals is tragic but the poaching of the Metolius pack’s breeding male may have consigned the pack’s pups to death by starvation or the pack to dissolve,” said Amaroq Weiss, senior wolf advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity. “These beautiful animals don’t deserve to die this way, and whoever killed this wolf should face the full force of the law.”

Now there's a load of Bullshit.