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Griffin, who investigates suspected wolf kills in the region for the Department of Fish and Wildlife, acknowledged that the 80 or so kills attributed to the Whaleback pack is an undercount.

The estimated number of excess deaths and illnesses from the EPA’s actions are likely an undercount due to long-term outcomes, such as cancer, that are harder to quantify, Symons said.

Those figures may be an undercount, because railroads don’t publicize all thefts, Lewis said.

Health officials in Texas say those numbers are likely an undercount, as some parents may not report infections or may not realise their child has the disease.

Twenty-seven whales were reported entangled in 2023 and 30 whales in 2022, which environmental groups say is probably an undercount.