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#GrayWolf’s Visit to #LA County Is a First in Nearly a Century
The #wolf, known as #BEY03F, roamed more than 500 miles from Northern #California, signaling that the species continues to rebound after being wiped out in the state in the 1920s.
“Wolves obviously have returned to California,” said Axel Hunnicutt, lead wolf biologist. “As of yesterday,” he added, referring to #LosAngeles County, “they’ve returned to the most populous county in the US”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/us/gray-wolf-los-angeles-california.html
https://archive.ph/JWeR2

A Gray Wolf’s Visit to Los Angeles County Is a First in Nearly a Century

The wolf, known as BEY03F, roamed more than 500 miles from Northern California, signaling that the species continues to rebound after being wiped out in the state in the 1920s.

The New York Times

Chuck Darwin Feb 11

A gray wolf wandered into
Los Angeles county
for the first time in more than a century on Saturday morning.

“This is the most southern verified record of a gray wolf in modern times,”
Axel Hunnicutt, gray wolf coordinator for the California department of fish and wildlife, said.

The three-year-old black coat female, known as #BEY03F, crossed into LA county around 6am on 7 February.
Born in 2023 in Plumas county in the Beyem Seyo pack, she
“traversed nearly the entire range of the Sierra Nevada mountains”,
probably in search of a mate,
said Hunnicutt.

Wildlife officials have been able to track her location because BEY03F was fitted with a GPS collar in May 2025 while passing through Tulare county.
To date, California fish and wildlife has not received any reports or sightings from the Los Angeles county public.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/10/gray-wolf-los-angeles-county?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Gray wolf appears in Los Angeles county for first time in more than 100 years

Three-year-old black coat female, known as BEY03F, crossed into LA county around 6am on 7 February

The Guardian