A pack of gray wolves was captured on a trail camera on March 27 southeast of Los Molinos.
Redding— The California Department of Fish and Wildlife this week has confirmed that photographs of three wolves were captured on trail cameras recently in Tehama County. This trio marks the fifth potential California pack in nearly 100 years to establish itself in the state.
The Photographs of the three wolves were taken in late March by trail cameras on a private ranch located in Tehama County. CDFW will be scouting the area to look for evidence to determine their origin. Typically, if scat left by the animals can be collected and then DNA-tested, the actual test results can identify if each animal is male or female, and whether or not that they are in fact related to one of California’s other current wolf families.
California after loosing 1 pack to SSS, currently three existing wolf packs — the Lassen pack, which was confirmed in 2017, the Whaleback pack, confirmed in late 2020 to early 2021, and the Beckwourth, pack confirmed in spring of 2021. California’s only other known wolf pack recently, the Shasta pack, was confirmed in summer 2015, but disappeared a few months later, their demise suspected to be caused by Local area hunters and Ranchers… with their SSS mentality.