Oregon is now wrestling with how to manage(read kill) their resurgent wolf population...... The Cattleman Association is "willing to live with wolves" as long as they can "protect themselves" from the critters...................Better that bills be readied that require ranchers to learn the best husbandry practices possible to discourage wolf depredations.............The bill below that I have real trouble with is #3561 that states that after just 4 breeding pairs of Wolves are established ,,,,,,,,,,,,Lobos can be delisted from State protections............4 Pairs..............Geez Louise, are you guys kidding?..........Shall we only allow 4 families of humans in all of Oregon and delist all other people and allow for their removal?????????????

Right to kill wolves before House panel

The right to kill wolves
Natural Resource News Note:

The wolf issue is expected to take center stage in an Oregon Legislative House Committee that plans to have a hearing on four wolf related bills.    Oregon Cattlemen's Association President Bill Hoyt,  said to the Associated Press, "It appears that the political and cultural will of the state of Oregon is to have wolves, and we have no problem with that.  We don't want to kill every wolf that walks. We simply want to get along as well as we can. But if there is a conflict, we need to be able to defend ourselves.
Here are the four bills.
House Bill 3013:
 Directs State Fish and Wildlife Commission to establish wolf depredation compensation and cost-sharing program for purposes of compensating persons who suffer loss or injury due to wolf depredation and providing financial assistance to persons who implement livestock management techniques or nonlethal wolf control techniques designed to discourage wolf depredation of livestock. Creates Wolf Management Compensation and Proactive Trust Fund and continuously appropriates fund moneys for purpose of providing compensation and financial assistance under program. Appropriates moneys from General Fund for purposes of program. Declares emergency, effective on passage.  Read HB 3013.
House bill 3561 Directs State Fish and Wildlife Commission to update Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management Plan to establish population objective of four breeding pairs of gray wolves for state. Specifies that when population objective is met, commission may not list gray wolf as threatened species or endangered species. House bill 3561
House Bill 3562
Provides that person may take gray wolf in certain situations.
Read House Bill 3562
House Bill 3563
Allows person to take gray wolf in certain situations without cause and without permit from State Fish and Wildlife Commission.
Read House Bill 3563