Wandering Gray Wolf Caught on Camera in California. First in 80 years

Thank you for this uplifting story.

I followed the re-introduction of the Gray Wolf in the '90's.

from the link:

"Since OR-7 left his pack, he has meandered more than 700 miles across mountains, deserts, and major highways to southwestern Oregon and onto Northern California.

A conservation group has dubbed him Journey, a name picked from a list of entries sent by children as far away as Finland. Oregon Wild said it was part of an effort to make the wolf too famous to kill."

Apparently this 2 year old is looking for a mate.

I wish him good luck and a safe journey.

You're welcome. I would love to see them make a comeback in California.

Quick, fetch my rifle!

google "rewilding north america" and you see this to is part of our planned demise

brief!


RUN JOURNEY RUN

LOL, come on now, you all know I was only joking

Good Karma for you!

Wolves are incredibly beautiful -- my wolf-hybrid pup is a tenacious little bugger, too!

Thanks. I was fascinated with them as a kid. They are beautiful animals. I hope he finds a pack.

I imagine your wolf hybrid is a hand full, most are!

Ok look, when I was a kid we had a German Shepherd/wolf mix, and it tried to eat me...so I'm very cautious around carnivores...

I am sure he was just playing with you. Nobody ever taught him not to play with his food.

His name was Pepper, because that's what he looked like...I was trying to play with him and dad got to him just in time...I was like 7-8...he got rid of him after that of course...they are pretty behind bars at the Zoo, but when I see them in the wild they best stay at a distance :)

Brief, I believe that was a parneting issue...

Um, what?

I think they mean to say that was a golf/tennis issue.

Meaning your Dad left you with a Wolf that was going to eat you.....
Just kidding....


I don't get the golf/tennis thing.

wolfie's heading into bigfoot country!!!

LOL, well if they were implying a parenting issue, is that to mean my parents shouldn't have had a wolf-dog mix as a pet? You bet...you can't take the wild out of a wolf...even some breeds of dogs eat kids, like Pit bulls and others that I'd as soon shoot as take any chances...

But back to golf/tennis...are you inviting me to be your partner?

Pepper was chained up, and I was petting him like I had done a hundred times before...he never showed any signs of violence until out of nowhere he tried to eat me :(

Well, Breif, we are glad you survived your childhood.

Thanks, so are my children and myself!

We are over run with them here in michigan killing all the deer in the yards .very common sight here .I would like them off the endangered list here

Here in Nova Scotia we have wolf/coyote mixes, and these beautiful animals are being culled right now. This is the second year for the cull. The coyotes have been in NS since the late 1970s and have caused no problems other than to kill a few domestic farm animals (farmers' fault -- inadequate fencing). The cull method is horrendous -- spring traps that leave the animal in agony waiting for the trapper to come and club it to death. Sometimes the coyotes chew their own leg off to get free and then die from their injury. The pelt bounty is only $20.

I hate the cruelty that humans are capable of. And I have a feeling that this poor wolf's days are numbered. Some sick human will kill it on purpose, just because. The park authorities should have left this little guy alone, let him be a wolf in peace and anonymity. He's a marked being now.

Your comment is almost as annoying as your avatar.

Almost.

Humans are always trying to keep animals that are meant to be extinct alive. I don't get it.

Let new life spring, and old life die.
Stop trying to control nature with GPS collars and other shit.

Glad to see they are expanding their territories. What a nice story.

Nothing wrong with wanting some of them re- located by the dnr they are overpopulating our area effecting all wildlife
the dnr cannot manage them because of the feds.

People that butt fuck animals are more annoying still...I hope you at least wear a rubber.