Judge blocks killing sole surviving wolf pack member

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A judge has temporarily blocked the state from killing the only surviving member of the Old Profanity Territory wolf pack in northeastern Washington.

The Spokesman-Review reports the ruling came after the Department of Fish and Wildlife killed four of the five wolves in the pack, following repeated cattle attacks and killings.

A judge in a lawsuit challenging the killings ruled that the state and cattle producers didn’t perform “due diligence on non-lethal methods.”