State and federal authorities are asking for the public’s assistance in their investigation of an “unlawful poisoning” of wildlife in Wallowa County, the Oregon State Police said in a statement.
Three gray wolves, two golden eagles, a mountain lion and a coyote were poisoned in an Imnaha River drainage area in northeast Oregon in February before officials discovered the poison and removed it, the state police said.
The state police said its Fish & Wildlife Division and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service also are investigating the killing of other gray wolves, as well as domestic dogs, in Wallowa County.
Two wolves were poisoned last summer and fall in the Chesnimnus Wildlife Management Unit, and last month a wolf apparently was poisoned in the Wenaha Wildlife Management Unit, officials said.
The Oregon State Police asks anyone with information to call the Turn In Poachers program hotline: 1-800-452-7888. The program offers cash rewards for information leading to an arrest. Calls to the hotline also can remain anonymous.
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