SEATTLE (AP) - Wildlife officials report there were fewer conflicts between wolves and livestock or humans in 2013.
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission investigated 20 reported attacks on pets and livestock last year. They found that wolves were only involved in four of the attacks.
In 2012, wildlife officials believe wolves killed at least seven cows and one sheep and injured another eight livestock. Most of the attacks were by one pack on one rancher’s cattle. Wildlife officials killed seven members of that pack in northeast Washington last year.
Despite the killings, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife reported in its annual survey that it counted at least 52 of the endangered animals in the Washington at the end of 2013. State wildlife officials say the survey points to a wolf population that is growing.
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