A large, wolf-like animal was shot and killed last month in Montana, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife lab in Ashland, Oregon is helping determine what it was.
A rancher reported shooting the animal on May 16 near the town of Denton when it came within several hundred yards of his livestock. He reported it as a wolf, but specialists with Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks said they were skeptical it was a purebred wolf.
A large, wolf-like animal was shot and killed last month in Montana, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife lab in Ashland, Oregon is helping determine what it was.