First wolf pack in decades spotted in Northern California

[herding cats]

Source: Washington Post

California has its first wolf pack since the state’s gray wolf population went extinct in 1924.

State and federal authorities announced Thursday that a remote camera captured photos earlier this month of two adults and five pups in southeastern Siskiyou County.

They were named the Shasta pack for nearby Mount Shasta.

The pack was discovered four years after the famous Oregon wandering wolf OR-7 first reached Northern California.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/first-wolf-pack-in-decades-spotted-in-northern-california/2015/08/20/41cc036a-4774-11e5-9f53-d1e3ddfd0cda_story.html

[shenmue]

1. Barooooooo

[AtomicKitten]

2. Be safe my furry friends.

[Demoiselle]

3. Yes.

[snooper2]

14. are you talking about the bunnies and squirrels

[AtomicKitten]

15. interesting question

I had an impassioned conversation over dinner recently with friends about the falcon that was killed by a woman trying to protect the duck the falcon was hunting (link to story below for reference). It is a poser, but ultimately I came down on the side of the falcon doing its natural thing. So, in answer to your question, I hope the wolves are and remain safe and that the bunnies and squirrels run fast.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/03/16/us/ap-us-falcon-killed.html?_r=0

[Dont call me Shirley]

4. Heal the land, Howlers.

[heaven05]

5. I wish them a normal wolf existence without harm

coming from some........well I just won't say it...

[cosmicone]

6. aaaaouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu n/t

[840high]

7. Excellent.

[paleotn]

8. One of the most beautiful critters on the planet....

....hunt well and stay safe. Who was once our competitor became our best friend and their ancestors still are.

[PeoViejo]

9. .....

[Unknown Beatle]

10. Don't let that Minnesota dentist know about this.

All kidding aside, may this pack prosper and multiply.

[leftyladyfrommo]

11. I wish they hadn't told people.

They are safer if no one knows about them.

[okasha]

12. Be well

and go safely, Ways.

[Lunabell]

13. OMG Don't advertise this

Some crazy hunters will now be out there trying to eradicate them. Good luck wolf pack.