Idaho Wildlife Services FY 2008 Wolf Activity Report
The entire report is [here]. Some excerpts:
Results: Brief summaries that pertain to those investigations which resulted in a finding of confirmed or probable wolf damage are available on request from the ID WS State Office.
Investigations Summary: WS conducted 186 depredation investigations related to wolf complaints in FY 2008 (as compared to 133 in 2007, an increase of almost 40%). Of those 186 investigations, 129 (~69%) involved confirmed depredations, 34 (~18%) involved probable depredations, 14 (~8%) were possible/unknown wolf depredations and 9 (~5%) of the complaints were due to causes other than wolves.
- Based on Idaho WS investigations, the minimum number of confirmed and probable livestock depredations due to wolves in FY 2008 was:
a. Confirmed:
- 74 calves (killed), 7 calves (injured) (as compared to 41 calves killed, and 8 calves injured in FY 2007)
- 11 cows (killed) (as compared to 10 cows killed and 2 cows injured in FY 2007)
- 225 sheep (killed), (as compared to 219 sheep killed and 41 sheep injured in FY 2007) (note: 12 of the 225 sheep confirmed killed were from one depredation incident that occurred just across the state line in Lincoln County, Wyoming)
- 13 dogs (killed), 8 dogs (injured) (as compared to 6 dogs killed and 4 injured in FY 2007)
b. Probable:
- 23 calves (killed), 1 calf (injured) (as compared to 20 calves killed and 1 calf injured in FY 2007)
- 4 cows (killed) (as compared to 3 cows killed in FY 2007)
- 63 sheep (killed), 3 sheep (injured) (as compared to 14 sheep killed and 148 sheep missing and presumed dead and 1 injured in FY 2007). (note: 13 of the sheep listed as probable wolf kills were involved in the depredation in Wyoming that is listed above).
- 1 dog (killed), 2 dogs (injured) (as compared to 5 dogs (killed) in FY 2007).
