Swannack responds to ‘pro-wolf’ labeling

Whitman County Commissioner Art Swannack Monday issued a response to a March 19 posting on Facebook that contended he is “pro wolf.”

The Swannacks late last year sustained losses to their sheep herd near Lamont and the disappearance of one of their Anatolian guard dogs, Chase, right after the sheep loss.

The March 19 posting, by Chandie Morse Bartell, who wrote she was representing the Washington Residents Against Wolves said:

“Warning! Vote him out!

“Local sources have informed me that Whitman County Commissioner Art Swannack is pro-wolf. He is the sheep farmer that lost sheep in December pas...