Gray Wolf Gains Endangered Status

[Buldeo]

...in California.


The California Fish and Game Commission voted 3-1 to list the gray wolf on the state's Endangered Species Act against state wildlife officials recommendations.

The 3-to-1 vote by the commission, which could have a profound effect on wildlife management in the state, came amid reports Wednesday that a remote camera in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, in southwestern Oregon, has detected at least two puppies apparently fathered by the storied wolf known as OR7, the lonely lobo who recently traveled into California and has been skirting the border ever since.

Experts widely believe that the dispersing offspring of OR7 will eventually establish a pack in California and begin the repopulation of the species, were killed off here almost 90 years ago. It is a scenario that many conservationists have been hoping for and ranchers have been dreading.

The great white was rejected from being added to the list on the grounds that it was already sufficiently protected.

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From the Times of Los Angeles: Gray Wolf Gains Endangered Species Protections in California