![]() ![]() was making progress to protect gray wolves, protections were stripped. Though people nearly hunted wolves to extinction in the Continental U.S., northern gray wolves returned to the Great Lakes, the northern Rockies, the Pacific Northwest and in small numbers in California. "Wolves probably occurred in the Central Valley, the western slope of the Sierra Nevada foothills and mountains, and the Coast Ranges of California until the early 1800s, although their population size is unknown and may have been small." While there are many anecdotal reports of wolves in California, specimens were rarely preserved," officials wrote in a report on wolves in 2011, the years wolves were stripped of protections. "Although gray wolves formerly inhabited California, their historic abundance and distribution is unclear. ![]() Fish and Wildlife say there's evidence the Central Valley was once among the primary homes for gray wolves. Gray wolves are native to California but were wiped out in the state by the 1920s. However, the genetic profile from the offspring indicate that the breeding male is a descendant of the Lassen Pack, wildlife officials said. None of the samples collected came from an adult male. In late 2011, OR-7 crossed the state line to become the first wolf in nearly a century to make California part of his range before returning to Oregon to form the Rogue Pack. The new pack consists of at least five animals not previously detected in California, including one adult female, who is a descendant of California’s first documented wolf in the state in recent history, OR-7, and four offspring, two females and two males. A DNA analysis confirmed that the 12 samples were gray wolf, CDFW officials stated. A dozen scat and hair samples were collected for genetic testing. The department investigated the sighting, found wolf tracks and other signs wolves were present. In July, the department received a wolf sighting report from a location in the Sequoia National Forest. This is the state’s southernmost pack and is at least 200 miles from the nearest known pack in northeastern California, according to the agency. Watch Video: US Fish and Wildlife biologists transfer Mexican gray wolves to MexicoĪ new gray wolf pack was discovered in Tulare County, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday. ![]()
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