Historically, gray wolves were found throughout California, but they were probably extirpated from the state in the 1920s. OR-93 first entered California on the last day of January 2020, dipping his paws into Modoc county. A tribal biologist had collared OR-93 in June 2020 when he was just 14 months old – not fully mature but nearly ready to look for a mate – and took a photo of him, looking regal and languid after effects of the tranquilizer wore out. The pack is managed by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs. The wolf, known as OR-93, was born in Oregon in 2019 in the White River pack. The travels of the young male through the state were a rare occurrence: he was the first wolf from Oregon’s White River pack to come to California and possibly the first gray wolf in nearly a century to be spotted so far south.
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