Fish and Game to spend more on reducing wolf population

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21. is it direct knowledge of this

that makes you so sure?

here is one example I found,
http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/MSD/pages/wolf.aspx

On June 24, 2011, the Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 3560, which directed the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) to establish and implement a wolf depredation compensation and financial assistance grant program, using moneys in the Wolf Management Compensation and Proactive Trust Fund, to provide grants implement county wolf depredation compensation programs:
Compensation is paid to persons who suffer loss or injury to livestock or working dogs due to wolf depredation.
Financial assistance is provided to persons who implement livestock management techniques or nonlethal wolf deterrence techniques designed to discourage wolf depredation of livestock.
The bill appropriated $100,000 of the state General Fund to implement the grant program.

ODA's wolf depredation compensation and financial assistance grant program complements and supports Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Wolf Conservation and Management Plan in the area of developing and maintaining a cooperative livestock producer assistance program that proactively minimizes wolf-livestock conflict and assists livestock producers experiencing wolf-related livestock losses.

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/Wolves/management_plan.asp