She had been searching for a mate, or another pack, officials said, and had wandered at least 8,712 miles in her hunt. Then they snagged OR-54, the 54th wolf collared in that state, and OR-7′s daughter. The Oregon-born OR-7 was famously the first wild gray wolf documented in California since the species was widely eradicated in the 20th century. His presence helped push California’s Fish and Game Commission to vote in 2014 to establish state protections for gray wolves under the California Endangered Species Act. ADLast March, the Trump administration proposed stripping federal protections for gray wolves in the Lower 48 states, saying the species had successfully recovered.

Source: Washington Post February 08, 2020 20:10 UTC