SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Cattlemen’s Association is working to persuade lawmakers to change the current Wolf Management Plan and allow them to kill or capture wolves that harass or attack their sheep.

Curt Jacobs, a cattleman who operates a ranch outside Baker City, told a legislative committee Thursday about how wolves killed 24 of his lambs and injured three others. The association brought pictures of the attacks to further their point. One showed a lamb split in two.

Under current law ranchers can only haze wolves. An association lobbyist says the change would give ranchers more “tools” to work with.