With cattle in Washington's wolf country, ranchers worry
Share
Tweet
July 23, 2017
STEVENS COUNTY, Wash. (AP) — Bellows and bedlam echo across the valley as Rhonda and Kevin DalBalcon keep up a slow, steady pressure on the cows and calves they are moving.
"C'mon, girls!" shouts Rhonda, her long braid flying as her horse deftly cuts off cows that balk, redirecting them to the herd.
Good as they are at this work, a new player has ranchers here on edge.
Wolves.
No one in Washington has borne the brunt of adjustment to the return of the wolf like the families here. Washington is home to a minimum 115 wolves in an estimated 20 packs. But 11 of those packs are bunched up here, ove...
For access to this article please
sign in or
subscribe.
Reader Comments(0)