Gray wolf returns to California after nearly 84 years
By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee
A gray wolf that has been monitored in its wanderings through southern Oregon has entered California.
The California Department of Fish and Game announced today that the animal has crossed the border. The last confirmed gray wolf in California was killed in Lassen County in 1924, according to a department news release.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Game has monitored the travels of the 2 1/2-year-old male, which was collared with a Global Positioning System device in February. The wolf, formerly from a pack in northeast Oregon, is now more than 300 miles from where his journey began.
Owooooooooooooooooooo!
‘The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway”
Awesome!
Perhaps Fish and Game should re-introduce Grizzly Bears into California also. They’re on the state flag, why shouldn’t they be in the Yosemite high country?
What’s really cool about this is, the wolf has come to California on it’s own!
I am frightened for him, and sad that he is alone.
I have my morning coffee every day between Fallen Leaf and Camp Shelly.
Last winter I spotted a large silver black animal six or seven times. The coat was well kept and it was much larger than any coyotte.