Posted on 09/07/2024 6:10:08 PM PDT by Libloather
An endangered predator has returned to California after vanishing more than 100 years ago.
At least 44 gray wolves have been spotted in the West Coast state, including a record-breaking 30 new pups this year alone, according to Axel Hunnicutt, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's gray wolf coordinator.
This is the biggest increase in a century, with the animals from seven different packs now in nine of the state's 58 counties, Marin Independent Journal reported.
But not everyone is happy about the return of the the gray wolf and are concerned about the risk to farmers' livestock.
Janna Gliatto, a manager at Table Rock Ranch in Monatgue, told SF Gate: 'Our hands are tied. We've been invaded'.
Gliatto explained how her livestock have been attacked by wolves but can't do anything about it.
The State Endangered Species Act dictates that a gray wolf can only be killed if it is threatening a human.
Rick Roberti, a cattle rancher in Plumas County, said one of his calves was killed by a wolf a quarter-mile from his house and that he has also been left with no recourse.
'It’s adding a lot of stress,' he told The Journal. 'Wolves chase the cattle. They stress them out. It gets frantic. They will run them for miles. The cattle stampede through fences.
'The wolf is going to spread throughout California. There’s nothing to stop it. They are going to move, and I think it’s going to be a crisis. We’re not set up for it.'
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No hope for the grizzly bear?
Sheep need someone always tending them which is why because of cost and State regulation you see no sheep grazing in California mountains. Any BLM or Forrest Service Land is still grazed by cattle. Cattle are usually GPS tagged now.
There are still sheep grazed in the Tahoe National Forest. My family used to have land and grazing leases in the Sierra’s above the Carson Valley.
There was a recent attack in Malibu State Park where a mountain lion attacked a 5 year old boy who was with several family members among over 40 people in the area at around 3pm.
Boy survived, the lion was found in a tree and shot dead.
Malibu State Park is where the tv show ‘MASH’ was filmed. The twin peaks you see in the opening I would see every work day driving on Lindero road from the 101 freeway in Calabasas.
Several stories of coyotes attacking kids from parks to the beach.
Can’t wait till their are wolf attacks....
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