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California is home to two new gray wolves, and it appears they’re settling down together in Siskiyou County.

After making his way to Siskiyou in November of 2020, the Oregon wolf known as OR-85 has connected with anotherwolf that biologists believe is most likely a female.

To determine the mystery wolf’s sex and possibly which pack she descended from, biologists are hard at work collecting samples of the wolf’s feces, urine and fur to be genetically tested.

This unglamorous job lands in the lap of Kent Laudon, California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s wolf specialist. He’s an expert in the state’s small population of wolves, which are making a slow comeback to a state they once called home. He works to bridge the concerns of wildlife conservationists with those of ranchers who worry wolves will endanger their livelihoods.https://65ee1cb96bf82fc6dae1b38a9522589c.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html

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