Wildlife officials are trying to kill at least one wolf from a pack in northeast Washington in response to a series of cattle attacks.

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind approved the “incremental lethal removal” of wolves from the Sherman wolf pack territory in Ferry County.

The decision comes after four separate attacks on cattle with three calves killed, according to WDFW.

Incremental removal means that officials will evaluate whether they need to kill more wolves from the pack after killing one or two. WDFW’s announcement didn’t specify the number of wolves the agency would target.

The lethal removal operation is authorized through Sept. 4.

Susewind’s decision was announced Monday, a week after the agency began looking into injuries to two calves and

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