Gray Wolf Returns to California
On a Northern California hiking trail near the Cascades’ Mount Shasta, two all-black adult wolves and five 4-month-old pups have been captured on film. It’s the first time in modern history that a gray wolf pack has been seen in the state since its population was hunted to extinction nearly a century ago.
California’s gray wolf population was believed to be wiped out in the 1920s. Across the United States, settlers had done their best to kill them off to protect livestock and use their charcoal-colored coats. As a result, the species was listed as endangered in 1973 and, although California had no known gray wolves left, the state declared them endangered just last year.
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