{"id":15229,"date":"2026-02-13T14:49:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T12:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/one-hundred-years-later-the-wolf-returns-to-l-a\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T17:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:40:05","slug":"one-hundred-years-later-the-wolf-returns-to-l-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/en\/one-hundred-years-later-the-wolf-returns-to-l-a\/","title":{"rendered":"One hundred years later, the wolf returns to L.A."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At dawn on Feb. 7, <strong>a gray she-wolf crossed Los Angeles County<\/strong>, marking a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/environment\/story\/2026-02-07\/wolf-in-los-angeles-county-documented\">return after more than a century.<\/a> Her appearance breaks a long absence and brings wolves back to Southern California, in one of the most urbanized territories in the United States. <\/p>\n\n<p>The three-year-old, black-coated female is identified by biologists as <strong>BEY03F<\/strong>. Her arrival represents the southernmost point ever documented in modern times for the species. A milestone reached at the end of a journey that began in the Sierra Nevada mountains, crossing agricultural valleys, peri-urban areas and major infrastructure, until it skirted the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The journey was reconstructed using a satellite collar affixed in May 2025, which made it possible to track movements and assess risks encountered along the way.   <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-una-lunga-migrazione-attraverso-la-california\"><strong>A long migration through California<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p>Born in 2023 in Plumas County, within the BeyemSeyo pack, BEY03F has traveled hundreds of miles in less than two years. Her journey tells of remarkable adaptability <strong>in a landscape fragmented by roads, population centers and man-made barriers<\/strong>. Not surprisingly, road accidents remain a major cause of mortality for wolves. The crossing of Interstate 5, one of the busiest roadways on the West Coast, represents one of the most delicate passages of her journey.   <\/p>\n\n<p>Solitary movements are typical of young individuals in search of a partner and new territories. It is an essential dynamic for the expansion of the species, <strong>allowing the formation of new packs and reducing the risk of inbreeding<\/strong>. It is precisely this mobility that explains the gradual return of wolves to areas from which they had disappeared for generations.  <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dal-massacro-alla-lenta-riconquista\"><strong>From eradication to slow return<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p>Until the early decades of the twentieth century, thousands of wolves populated the continental United States. <strong>Their elimination was systematic<\/strong>: culling campaigns, government bounties and poisonings led to the near total extermination of the species. In California, the last wild specimen was killed in 1924. Only half a century later, with the passage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/laws-regulations\/summary-endangered-species-act\">Endangered Species Act<\/a>, did the gray wolf gain federal protection.  <\/p>\n\n<p>In the 1990s, <strong>reintroduction to Yellowstone National Park marked a turning point.<\/strong> From that original core, some individuals began to disperse westward, eventually reaching California again in 2011. Since then, the population has grown slowly but steadily: by 2024, at least 70 wolves were estimated to be distributed in several packs, mostly in the northern regions of the state.  <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-un-ritorno-che-riapre-il-dibattito\"><strong>A return that reopens the debate<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p>The arrival of BEY03F in Los Angeles County has been welcomed by environmental organizations, which read it as a <strong>signal for ecosystem health.<\/strong> The presence of large predators helps to rebalance ungulate populations, <strong>with positive effects on vegetation and overall biodiversity<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n<p>Along with the excitement, however, concerns are emerging about coexistence with human activities, <strong>particularly livestock farming<\/strong>. Authorities urge caution and say there have been no confirmed public sightings. The hope is that careful management based on scientific monitoring and prevention will avoid conflicts.  <\/p>\n\n<p>The path of the young she-wolf is also intertwined with a still-open political confrontation. Recent federal decisions to forego a national recovery plan have prompted several associations to take legal action, fearing a weakening of protection. Against this backdrop, the wolf&#8217;s presence in Southern California also takes on symbolic value: it testifies that <strong>regaining lost spaces is possible, but remains fragile and reversible<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A female gray wolf crossed California into the most populous county in the United States, marking a historic event for North American wildlife<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":15232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowscnaCw:productID":"","_app_feed_target":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1616],"tags":[2210],"class_list":["post-15229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animals","tag-wolves"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>One hundred years later, the wolf returns to L.A. &#8226; 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