WORLAND, Wyo. (AP)--U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials have killed all but one of the wolves in the Owl Creek wolf pack after a string of livestock killings in the Meeteetse area left six cattle and one horse dead.

"It's not a good deal when people lose livestock," said U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologist Mike Jimenez.

The Meeteetse livestock killings began last January after wolves formed a pack in the area, Jimenez told the Northern Wyoming Daily News.

The pack was first recognized as three adults, one female and two males, one of which was collared, he said. When a cow was killed last January, one of the males was removed, leaving one collared male and a female.

Another calf was killed in June. By that time, USFWS had recorded the wolf pair had four pups, he said. Another cow was killed in November of 2004, which resulted in the removal of two pups. The livestock kills continued into December when another cow was killed, at which time the remaining pups were removed, Jimenez said.

"Later in that month we had the horse go down," he said.

An adult male wolf and another wolf, which had not been noticed before, was shot on Jan. 9, leaving the one female.

Nearly 30 wolves have been removed from Wyoming over the last year, Jimenez said.

Date: 1/26/05

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