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Zorro

(18,443 posts)
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 10:10 AM 3 hrs ago

A wolf has come to Los Angeles County for the first time in more than a century

A wolf arrived in Los Angeles County on Saturday morning, marking the first time the apex predator has been documented in the area in at least a century, according to state wildlife officials.

Around 6 a.m., the 3-year-old female sporting a black coat reached the mountains north of Santa Clarita, according to Axel Hunnicutt, gray wolf coordinator for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Four hours earlier, she was making her way south through the desert in Kern County, he said

He knows that because the wolf — known as BEY03F — is wearing a GPS collar. She was outfitted with one last May when she was spending time with the Yowlumni Pack in Tulare County. She dispersed from that area about a week ago.

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-02-07/wolf-in-los-angeles-county-documented

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A wolf has come to Los Angeles County for the first time in more than a century (Original Post) Zorro 3 hrs ago OP
Go wolf go. Botany 3 hrs ago #1
May be safer there than in states allowing wolf hunts Easterncedar 2 hrs ago #2
K&R 2naSalit 2 hrs ago #3
Great news! Auggie 2 hrs ago #4
What thrilling news! May she be safe here. ...n/t CaliforniaPeggy 2 hrs ago #5
She's obviously got enough car sense to have made it this far. hunter 1 hr ago #6

hunter

(40,484 posts)
6. She's obviously got enough car sense to have made it this far.
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 12:29 PM
1 hr ago

Let's hope she can avoid the idiots with guns too.

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