STEVENS COUNTY, Wash. — On July 19, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife commission members held a meeting where they discussed the future of predators in the state. They talked about a potential permit for a spring black bear depredation, making changes to cougar hunting seasons and potentially reclassifying gray wolves from an endangered species to a sensitive classification.
Under the Washington Administrative Code, if a wolf tries to attack your pets, your family or yourself, you are allowed to kill a singular gray wolf without a permit in an area of the state where the gray wolf is not listed as endangered or threatened.
Other rules follow that you have to report the incident within 24 hours and you must allow department access to where the wolf was killed…