30, 2021, returned to Oregon briefly, then again entered California on Feb. He went into California’s Modoc County on Jan. OR93 was born to the White River pack in northern Oregon in 2019. The carcass was located along a dirt trail near a frontage road running parallel to Interstate 5, and a warden who responded quickly identified the wolf as OR93 because of a radio tracking collar it wore, the department said.Ī necropsy performed at Wildlife Health Laboratory in Rancho Cordova found that the wolf had significant tissue trauma to its left rear leg, a dislocated knee and soft tissue trauma to the abdomen. 10 near the Kern County town of Lebec, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
The last documented wolf that far south was captured in San Bernardino County in 1922,” the department said.Ī truck driver reported spotting the dead wolf on Nov. “Before his demise, he was documented traveling the farthest south in California since wolves returned to the state, which is historically wolf habitat. Gray wolves are listed as endangered in California, where they were wiped out by the 1920s. No foul play was suspected in the death of the male wolf known as OR93, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a news release.
(AP) - An Oregon-born gray wolf that thrilled biologists as it journeyed far south into California was found dead after apparently being struck by a vehicle, authorities said Wednesday.