OR-7
was dubbed “Journey” in a naming contest for children sponsored
by Oregon Wild in 2011. The contest, and the incredible story
of OR-7’s 3,000 mile odyssey, generated national and international
headlines. The tremendous public interest in Journey, and in
wolf conservation efforts in Oregon, stands in stark contrast to
controversy over the Obama administration’s use of faulty science
in stripping endangered species protections from wolves, and
aggressive efforts to once again kill the animals in Idaho, Montana,
and Wyoming. Several of Journey’s siblings were shot and
killed by sport hunters in Idaho.
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After an absence of over half a century, wolves began to take their first tentative steps towards recovery. Having dispersed from Idaho, the native species is once again trying to make a home in Oregon. One of the first sightings came in 1999 when a lone wolf was captured near the middle fork of the John Day River, put in a crate and quickly returned to Idaho by government wildlife agents. In 2000, two wolves were found dead - one killed by a car, the other illegally shot.
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