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Source: CBS/AP
Endangered gray wolf that wandered 8,712 miles looking for a mate or another pack found dead in California
FEBRUARY 8, 2020 / 7:53 AM / CBS/AP
An endangered gray wolf that wandered more than 8,000 miles through Northern California has died, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced. OR-54, a 3- to 4-year-old female with a radio tracking collar, was found dead on Wednesday in Shasta County, the agency said in a statement.
It wasn't clear yet whether the animal died from an accident or natural causes or was killed. State wildlife officials previously said the female wolf was "exploring new ground in search of a mate or another pack."
In December, officials said OR-54 had traveled a "minimum distance of 8,712 miles at an average of 13 miles/day" since January 23, 2018. However, the wolf's radio collar apparently stopped working in December 2019.
Another collared wolf, OR-59, was found shot to death in Northern California in 2018. That killing is unsolved.
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Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/or-54-endangered-gray-wolf-that-wandered-8712-miles-found-dead-in-california/
In this undated photo released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a dispersing wolf from the Oregon Pack OR-54, a descendent of the famous OR-7, the first wild wolf in California in nearly a century. (AP)
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)the least I can do, but no more.
Wish you would mark these as triggering.
Karadeniz
(22,273 posts)pscot
(21,023 posts)based on the story of this brave little wolf.