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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2018 Imported guard dogs deployed as part of wolf-sheep study Gathered as puppies in Europe By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE — Federal scien- tists are trying to decide if it’s time to let the big dogs out. Nearly 120 dogs from three large breeds perfected over centuries in Europe and Asia to be gentle around sheep and children but vicious when confronting wolves recently underwent a study to see how they’d react to their old neme- sis on a new continent. The dogs were gathered as puppies in Portugal, Bul- garia and Turkey and sent to the American West, where they spent four years guarding sheep. “When we were first look- ing at doing this, a lot of peo- ple wanted to know: What dog do I use in dealing with wolves and grizzly bears?” said Julie Young, a Utah-based research biologist with the U.S. Depart- Julie Young/U.S. Department of Agriculture A Kangal dog greets Ben Hofer of the Hutterite Rockport Colony near Pendroy, Mont., in 2013. ment of Agriculture’s National Wildlife Research Center. The department looked to areas where dog breeds devel- oped to guard sheep against wolves and brown bears. Then scientists supplied Cao de Gado Transmontanos, a large though lean and agile dog developed in a mountain- ous region of Portugal; Karak- achans, developed by nomadic sheepherders in a mountainous area of Bulgaria; and Kangals, another powerful breed with an instinct for guarding, this one originating in Turkey. Dogs from all three breeds can weigh up to 140 pounds, about the size of a wolf. The dogs were sent to guard 65 herds in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Washington state and Oregon. Scientists are still analyz- ing information from notes, remote cameras and GPS col- FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 49 52 38 Mostly cloudy with late- night showers Cooler with occasional rain ALMANAC Intervals of clouds and sun First Salem 47/53 Newport 47/51 Mar 24 Coos Bay 47/52 Last Mar 31 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 5:27 a.m. 6:17 p.m. Low 3.3 ft. 0.6 ft. REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 60 63 62 65 64 61 71 70 64 63 Today Lo 37 44 47 45 49 41 46 48 47 47 W s pc c c pc c pc pc c c Hi 62 52 52 53 51 47 53 53 51 53 Tues. Lo 41 32 42 36 41 27 36 40 40 41 W sh r r r r r r r r r City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 66 65 68 71 68 67 57 68 67 65 W pc pc pc c pc sf pc pc c pc pc pc pc s t pc s pc s c pc pc c pc c Hi 54 33 36 57 42 36 69 34 79 38 48 77 67 52 73 49 65 40 57 42 42 68 60 55 49 Tues. Lo 32 29 23 32 24 22 48 18 70 22 25 60 57 31 52 29 45 32 30 26 26 51 48 42 31 The Daily Astorian Clatsop County is search- ing for applicants to fill a vacancy on the Planning Commission. The term runs through June 2020. The commission usually meets the second Tuesday of every month at 10 a.m. It makes decisions on land use issues and recommendations Clatsop Community Col- lege is celebrating Pi day Sat- urday in the Patriot Hall gym. The event, from 1:59 to 6 Lakeview 36/51 Ashland 48/52 Today Lo 43 46 49 47 47 49 33 47 49 40 we need the tools to deal with them and the support.” Ranchers can call the Agri- culture Department’s Wild- life Services to kill wolves that attack livestock. Environ- mentalists, though, have been working to reduce the need for that and see guard dogs as one solution. “Most of the year, the livestock guardian dogs are an excellent deterrent,” said Suzanne Stone of Defenders of Wildlife, noting the exception is in the spring when wolves are guarding dens with pups. The imported guard dogs cost about $500 apiece, includ- ing transportation to the U.S., Young said, and nearly all were just a few months old when they arrived. She said the Karakachans tended to be more vigilant, the Kangals inclined to investigate, and the Cao de Gado Trans- montanos better at assessing threats. Ultimately, she said, sheep producers might ben- efit from a mix of dogs that includes some that stick near the sheep and others that patrol the perimeter. Planning Commission looks to fill vacancy The Daily Astorian Burns 35/57 Klamath Falls 41/47 sheep bands, dogs and herd- ers arrived, but their absence emboldened smaller predators such as coyotes. Not all dogs in the study succeeded. Jill Swannack, president of the Washing- ton State Sheep Producers, is a veterinarian who also has a ranch with about 800 sheep on private land in eastern Wash- ington state. She received three Karakachans. “When we came home, they preferred to be home with us,” she said. “They really didn’t bond to the sheep.” She also said the dogs were only about 70 or 80 pounds. One went to a young family with sheep near their house, and now that dog plays with the children and has success- fully guarded those sheep against coyotes. The dogs that work best at her ranch are Anatolian Shep- herds, though wolves killed one in 2014. Wolves are a “phenome- nal predator,” Swannack said. “I would be happy if we didn’t have them, but I’m also a real- ist, and we do have them. So to the Board of Commission- ers. Jacque Presley, who was appointed to the commission in October, stepped down recently to focus more time on Angels for Sara Sanctuary — her nonprofit dog rescue organization. Applicants must reside in rural areas, as the com- mission has reached its legal limit of representatives from cities. The deadline to apply is March 23 at 4 p.m. County commissioners will make the appointment. Additional information can be found by contact- ing Planning Manager Will Caplinger at 503-325-8611 or wcaplinger@co.clatsop.or.us. Forms are available from the County Manager’s office at 800 Exchange St., Suite 410, or at www.co.clatsop.or.us. Clatsop college to commemorate Pi day Saturday Ontario 36/69 W pc s pc pc pc pc s c pc s Hi 52 62 54 56 53 52 60 52 52 58 Tues. Lo 38 42 41 38 39 39 40 39 41 38 W r sh r r r r c r r r TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Hi 53 42 43 55 45 39 62 29 79 42 51 72 72 54 80 51 64 42 55 42 44 62 69 68 39 Baker 37/62 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Tonight's Sky: Leo Minor is a small and faint con- stellation in the northern sky, just north of its much larger cousin Leo and near Ursa Major. Today Lo 34 30 26 24 24 27 42 12 69 26 24 56 58 34 52 32 46 34 32 33 29 42 56 49 33 La Grande 42/61 Roseburg 47/56 Brookings 47/52 Apr 8 John Day 43/63 Bend 44/52 Medford 46/53 UNDER THE SKY High 7.1 ft. 7.8 ft. Prineville 45/56 Lebanon 47/53 Eugene 45/53 Full Pendleton 46/62 The Dalles 45/55 Portland 49/54 Sunset tonight ........................... 7:17 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday .......................... 7:32 a.m. Moonrise today ........................... 5:08 a.m. Moonset today ........................... 2:35 p.m. City Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Miami Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC Periods of rain, some heavy Tillamook 48/52 SUN AND MOON Time 12:01 a.m. 11:18 a.m. A thick cloud cover with a little rain 52 37 Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 49/52 Precipitation Sunday ............................................. 0.00" Month to date ................................... 1.12" Normal month to date ....................... 2.75" Year to date .................................... 19.73" Normal year to date ........................ 20.14" Mar 17 FRIDAY 54 36 REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Sunday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 65°/40° Normal high/low ........................... 54°/39° Record high ............................ 72° in 1934 Record low ............................. 28° in 2009 New THURSDAY 51 36 lars, Young said, with four or five scientific papers expected in the next year. But over- all, she said, the dogs did well keeping away wolves and bet- ter than traditional guard dogs at deterring coyotes. One dog died during the study. It was hit by a vehicle as sheep crossed a road. For decades, most U.S. sheep producers have used large white dogs such as Great Pyrenees, Akbash or Maremma Sheepdogs. Light brown Anatolian Shepherds are also used. But the reintroduction of wolves in the American West in the 1990s has led to ques- tions about whether those breeds are up to the task. Since wolves returned to Idaho in 1995, the Agriculture Depart- ment’s Wildlife Services says, wolves have killed 50 guard dogs through the end of last year and injured nearly 40 oth- ers in the state. Federal offi- cials in 2017 killed 56 wolves in Idaho due to attacks on livestock. Young said the study found wolves left areas when Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc sn pc s pc sf s pc sh sf pc pc sh pc sh c s sn s pc pc pc r r pc p.m., is loosely timed around the first eight digits of the mathematical constant and celebrates Albert Einstein’s birthday. The college’s house band, the Pi’d Pipers, will open the event, which includes math games, face painting, prizes and pie sales to support the local Phi Theta Kappa chapter. way 101 and charged with DUII, reckless driving and recklessly endangering another person. An officer allegedly spotted the car traveling 90 mph at a curve. Witnesses had reported earlier that a beer can had been thrown and one of the occupants had vomited out the window. Palek’s blood alcohol content was 0.12 percent. • At 12:52 a.m. Saturday, Tara Massey, 32, of Warren- ton, was arrested by Warrenton police on the 850 block of War- renton Drive and charged with DUII and resisting arrest. Her blood alcohol content was 0.18 percent. • At 10:21 p.m. Friday, Cody Gedenberg, 24, of Sea- side, was arrested by Seaside police on the 1700 block of Roosevelt Drive and charged with DUII. His blood alcohol content was 0.18 percent. ON THE RECORD DUII • At 1:24 a.m. Sunday, Christian Ace Nelson, 41, of Marysville, Washington, was arrested by the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office on Lief Erik- son Drive near Tongue Point and charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants. • At 6:20 p.m. Saturday, Ryan Clayton Palek, 19, of Astoria, was arrested by Ore- gon State Police on U.S. High- DEATH March 12, 2018 FLUES, Florence M., 85, of Astoria, died in Forest Grove. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. PUBLIC MEETINGS Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. K lem p Fam ily D en tistry... W e h elp keep fam ilies sm ilin g! 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