Three more wolf packs confirmed in California as ranchers call for relief [View all]

It was bright and early and Axel Hunnicutt was howling.

He was looking for wolves. Sometimes they howl back, providing a sense of their location.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife this week reported there were three new wolf packs in the state’s far north. Hunnicutt, gray wolf coordinator for the agency, was trying to track down one of them — the freshly minted Ashpan pack that consists of at least two wolves roaming eastern Shasta County.

There’s also the Ishi pack in eastern Tehama County and the Tunnison pack in central Lassen County. Some experts say there could now be more than 70 wolves living in California.

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