GPS Collar Stops Tracking Wandering Wolf OR-7
Source: Associated Press
GPS Collar Stops Tracking Wandering Wolf OR-7
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEND, Ore. — Oct 30, 2015, 12:38 PM ET
The wolf OR-7 became globally famous when he took off from his northeast Oregon pack four years ago and wandered thousands of miles in search of a mate, his movement tracked by a GPS satellite.
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"It all finally wore out," said John Stephenson, Oregon wolf coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Bend. "The battery died, basically."
Without the regular information, biologists rely on trail cameras and in-person sightings to monitor him, Stephenson told the Bend Bulletin ( http://bit.ly/1Sdd0fs ).
Knowing the electronics were close to blinking out, state and federal wildlife managers made three attempts — last summer, last fall and early this spring — to trap OR-7 or another member of his Rogue Pack, said Mark Vargas, district wildlife biologist for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife in Medford.
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