With an unprecedented number of wolf attacks on California’s livestock in recent years, the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife is distributing $1.1 million to ranchers who lost their farm animals
Yes, wolves are back in California.
More than a century ago, wolf populations were extirpated largely through the state government’s campaign to kill or trap them to protect livestock. But in 2011, a collared gray wolf became the first confirmed wild wolf to return to California after it crossed the state line from Oregon…