Michelle Harris saw the wolf in early July. She said she saw a big gray dog cross a fire road in the area.
He told the LA Times, “Then it tilted its head back and let out a really good howl.” “All I could think was, ‘It doesn’t look like a coyote, but it must be.'”
Tracks, hair, and poop found later showed that the animal was a female gray wolf, the LA Times reported. She is the leader of what is now known as the Tulare Pack.
Four of her children, two boys and two girls, came with her. They are also straight descendants of the wolf OR-7, who was the first wolf to be seen in California in 90 years in 2011.
Environmentalists were happy to see wolves back in the area and asked the U.S. Forest Service to stop logging projects in the area until it could be seen how the projects would affect the rare wolves.
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The news doesn’t make everyone happy, though. Reports from the LA Times say that logging companies don’t want to stop their work, and cattle owners are afraid that these big animals will eat their animals.
The original plan to get rid of all wolves in the U.S. in the 1800s and 1900s was based on the same fear. Getting rid of an apex predator had unintended affects on the environment, as the numbers of deer and elk grew quickly.
Like in Yellowstone National Park, the lack of wolves changed the whole ecosystem and scenery. Bringing them back could have a hugely positive effect on restoring balance.
According to the LA Times, farmers and ranchers don’t have to worry either because the state of California already has a way to pay people whose animals were killed by wolves.
Harris said that the wolves may have moved on while people figure out how to react to the new pack.
She said, “I haven’t seen any new signs of the pack since July.” Since then, there’s been a lot more going on in the area. They may have moved to a place with more space and less noise.
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