Reward offered for info on Oregon gray wolf killing

Published 9:47 am Thursday, March 20, 2025

By Capital Press staff

An adult breeding male gray wolf of the Metolius pack was illegally killed and found dead on March 10 near Sisters, Ore. (File photo, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.)

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a $10,000 reward for information regarding the illegal killing of a federally listed endangered gray wolf near Sisters, Ore.

On March 10, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff responded to a report of an adult male gray wolf.

The wolf, an adult breeding male of the Metolius pack, was found dead.

Gray wolves are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act in the western two-thirds of Oregon.

Those with information about this case should call the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at 503-682-6131 or the Oregon State Police Dispatch at 800-452-788, *OSP (*677) or by email at TIP@osp.oregon.gov.

Callers can remain anonymous.

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