Rare gray wolf pack makes its home in northern California

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A new gray wolf pack has established itself in northern California, retaking a part of the vast territory that the species used to inhabit.

The Beckwourth pack is only the third to establish itself in California in the last century. These wolves join two other groups of gray wolves in California, heartening biologists and environmental activists who have decried the rollback of state and federal protections for wolves across the US west – undercutting their recovery after they were nearly hunted to extinction.

Wildlife biologists still don’t know what, exactly, compels some wolves to break away from their packs and undertake epic journeys across the country to find new territory. What they do know is that wolves follow the paw steps of these trailblazers: sniffing out the scent-markings of other wolves to find new mates and establish new packs.

“Wolves transcend whatever concept of beauty and wildness you might ever read in a book,” Weiss said. “When you see them in the wild – their grace, their power and their agility, both when they are chasing prey, and when they’re playing with each other – is just, holy smokes.”

“And that’s why we have to fight to protect them – for the sake of the whole public,” she said.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/24/california-new-gray-wolf-pack

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14 minutes ago, FfFfFfFF said:

“Wolves transcend whatever concept of beauty and wildness you might ever read in a book,” Weiss said. “When you see them in the wild – their grace, their power and their agility, both when they are chasing prey, and when they’re playing with each other – is just, holy smokes.”

i bet their prey sees it differently 🐰

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I love Wolves so much  I hope their numbers get higher and higher somehow. I can't imagine a world without them and any of the big animals. Small animals are just as important (sometimes more) to preserving the ecosystem and the nature cycle BUT we dont see them as much as so we don't tend to really relate or feel for them which is a pitty but yeah :'( 

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21 minutes ago, spector said:

i bet their prey sees it differently 🐰

Wolf: *is literally gonna kill a deer*

us humans: 

the deer: “FU*KING HELP ME”

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Very good to see!! The Red Wolves here along the east coast are still struggling. The pack that roams in the Alligator River Wildlife Refuge Area at last count only had about 20 left and hasn't had any pups born since 2018