Yesterday, wildlife officials confirmed something incredible: a wild gray wolf (BEY03F) has arrived in Los Angeles County, marking the first documented appearance of a wolf here in over 100 years. This 3-year-old female traveled hundreds of miles from the Sierra Nevada in search of territory and a mate — a testament to the resilience of California’s endangered wolves.
But with this milestone comes real danger. As wolves disperse through our landscapes, their movements often put them in harm’s way — especially near roads and highways. Wolves hit by vehicles remain one of the leading causes of mortality for gray wolves across the West, and BEY03F could face the same deadly risk.
🚨 Here’s how YOU can help:
Apex is launching the #wolfcrossing campaign to raise awareness and proactively protect this wandering wolf and others like her. Here’s how you can help:
🐺Put up “Wolf Crossing” signs wherever you see wildlife corridors, trailheads, and roadways near natural spaces in LA County
🐺Share photos of your sign with the hashtag #wolfcrossing
🐺Tag friends, local parks, city councils, and community groups to spread the word
Wolves were once native up and down the West Coast, including Southern California — until predator eradication programs wiped them out a century ago. Their return is historic, but fragile. Protecting wolves means protecting wild ecosystems and respecting the intrinsic value of native wildlife.
Join the movement:
Whether you’re posting a sign at a trailhead, sharing this post, or tagging your local officials to support wildlife-friendly measures – your voice matters. Use #wolfcrossing and #SaveLAWolf to make sure BEY03F arrives safely to wherever her journey leads.
Let’s show this wolf — and all Californians — that our wild spaces are worth protecting.
It’s #wolfawarenessweek!
Did you know that wolves live in matriarchal societies, and that the leader of the pack is female? When talking to Rick McIntyre, Yellowstone’s lead wolf interpreter, he will tell you that all you need to know about a wolf pack is that “the girl is in charge”. We like the sound of that!!
Thank you @tiktokforgood for this amazing feature and for helping us spread awareness!
It’s National Endangered Species Day! Let’s celebrate all the ways the ESA has brought wolves back from the brink.
Without the ESA, wolves likely would not exist in the lower 48 today. Before federal protections, wolves across the United States were systematically exterminated through poisoning, trapping, aerial gunning, and government-sponsored eradication campaigns.
Today, gray wolves, Mexican lobos, and red wolves still exist because the Endangered Species Act (ESA) created legal protections, funded recovery programs, and prevented extinction before it was too late.
🐺American Gray Wolves
🐺Mexican Gray Wolves (Lobos)
🐺Red Wolves
The Endangered Species Act remains one of the most successful conservation laws in U.S. history because it recognizes that once a species goes extinct, there is no bringing it back. Wolves are living proof that science-based conservation works.
On Endangered Species Day, remember this, protecting endangered species is not just about saving animals — it is about protecting the ecosystems that all life depends on.
#endangeredspeciesday
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
Wyoming is cutting its regulated wolf hunt in half after canine distemper drove the state’s wolf population to its lowest level in two decades.
But the deeper problem is not only the disease outbreak. It is what the outbreak exposed: Wyoming has been keeping wolves dangerously close to the minimum number required to avoid federal protections. This is a trend we see across the Northern Rockies.
At the start of 2026, the state counted just 253 wolves and 14 breeding pairs. In the trophy game area around Yellowstone, Wyoming had exactly 10 breeding pairs — the minimum required under its delisting agreement.
One outbreak was enough to show how thin that margin really is.
Outside the regulated so-called “trophy zone,” wolves are still classified as “predators” across 85% of the state, where they can be killed year-round without a license. The change in hunting limits does not impact if wolves can be killed in these parts of the state.
Real recovery means resilience. It means genetic health, stable breeding pairs, and enough wolves on the landscape to withstand disease, politics, and human pressure. Until states can exhibit responsible stewardship of wildlife, federal protections must be strengthened.
Wolves deserve the chance to thrive — not survive at bare minimum numbers.
Take action for wolves now at TeamWolf.Org!
BREAKING: Chronic Wasting Disease has now been confirmed on Wyoming’s National Elk Refuge — home to the Jackson Elk Herd, the nation’s largest migratory elk herd.
According to a new report from WyoFile, the discovery is intensifying calls for Wyoming officials to reconsider the size and management of the roughly 11,000-strong herd, where thousands of elk are concentrated on feedgrounds each winter.
The irony is difficult to ignore. While wildlife disease continues spreading through Wyoming elk populations, the state still permits aggressive wolf hunting and predator removal under the justification of “protecting” elk herds. Peer-reviewed research has long suggested wolves may help limit disease spread by targeting vulnerable, weakened, or sick prey — including animals potentially infected with diseases like CWD.
As CWD continues spreading across the West, this outbreak is another reminder that healthy ecosystems depend on natural ecological balance — not artificial wildlife concentration paired with intensive predator suppression.
BREAKING: According to a new report by @theyellowstonian , a draft agreement between federal agencies could reopen public lands to the use of these indiscriminate poison devices on behalf of the livestock industry. The Trump administration appears poised to bring back “cyanide bombs”, deadly M-44 sodium cyanide devices once banned across 245 million acres of Bureau of Land Management lands because of the devastating risks they pose to wildlife, pets, and even people.
These devices do not distinguish between a coyote, wolf, fox, domestic dog, or endangered species. They eject sodium cyanide directly into an animal’s face when triggered. M-44s have killed countless non-target animals and sparked national outrage after a 14-year-old boy in Idaho accidentally triggered one in 2017, poisoning himself and killing his dog instantly. Conservation groups fought for years to secure protections against these devices on public lands — and now those safeguards may be dismantled.
For wolves and other predators, this is another escalation in the ongoing war against native wildlife. At a time when ecosystems are already under pressure from habitat loss, climate change, disease, and aggressive predator control policies, reintroducing cyanide bombs sends a chilling message: public lands are being managed for livestock interests, not ecological health or biodiversity. Predators are not disposable. Wolves are keystone species — and poisoning the landscape to eliminate carnivores threatens entire ecosystems, not just individual animals.
Indiscriminate lethal control destabilizes ecosystems and often fails to provide long-term solutions to livestock conflict. Yet instead of investing in proven nonlethal coexistence methods, federal agencies appear ready to revive one of the cruelest wildlife control methods ever deployed on American public lands.
POV: A wolf follows you home because managing a trophic cascade is hard and she’s maxxed out on PTO.
Keystone predators like wolves or sea otters prevent herbivores from overgrazing, allowing producers to thrive. Removing them causes a top-down cascade, leading to biodiversity loss and habitat collapse.
This is Vesper, a sweet & mischievous young girl at @apexprotectionproject . The truth is, the only thing she’s managing is her snuggle schedule with volunteers.
UC Berkeley Wildlife, the California Wolf Project, and UC Cooperative Extension are currently gathering feedback from livestock producers and interested Californians on the future of California’s wolf-livestock compensation program. The survey is part of CDFW’s ongoing review of the pilot program established in 2021 and is intended to help shape how California approaches wolf coexistence moving forward.
This matters because the future of wolf recovery in California depends heavily on whether the state invests in effective, science-based coexistence strategies. Compensation and nonlethal coexistence programs can help reduce conflict while supporting both rural communities and wildlife conservation.
If you care about the future of wolves in California, now is the time to make your voice heard.
The survey is anonymous, takes approximately 20 minutes to complete, and will remain open through June 11th. Responses will help inform future wolf coexistence and compensation policies in California.
Participate here: articipate:/jfe/form/SV_8qemY1a3p1rv5BQ
or go to the @californiawolfproject page.
As California’s wolf population continues to grow, public input will play an important role in shaping how the state balances wildlife conservation, coexistence, and livestock conflict prevention.
SHINGLETOWN, CA - Taser and Stella, two low-content female wolfdogs, need qualified placement ASAP.
We were just informed that these girls may only have 72 hours to one week left before their situation becomes critical due to severe kennel overcrowding and lack of placement options.
They are approximately 5½ years old, spayed, vaccinated, and were surrendered after their elderly owner could no longer safely contain them following repeated escapes from their enclosure.
Despite the urgency surrounding them, both girls are reportedly incredibly sweet through the kennel, take treats gently, show no food aggression with one another, and are currently kenneled together successfully.
These girls are very timid and fearful of men (typical wolfdog behavior). Once male staff enter the kennel, they become extremely difficult to leash and safely manage — making them nearly impossible to place through traditional adoption channels and placing them at extreme risk as space runs out.
The shelter currently has 16 dogs and only 10 kennels available.
Because California heavily restricts standard placement of wolfdogs, Taser and Stella urgently need transfer to an experienced rescue, sanctuary, or qualified owner familiar with exotic breeds, secure containment, and decompression handling. Apex is able to pull & transport, but we need a hero to provide the space.
These girls do NOT deserve to die because there is nowhere for them to go.
They are out of time.
They need out NOW.
If you are a qualified rescue, sanctuary, licensed facility, or experienced wolfdog owner who may be able to help, please contact us immediately via email at:
[email protected]
Even networking and sharing could save their lives.
BREAKING: Disease outbreak pushes Wyoming wolves to one of their lowest population levels in nearly two decades — raising serious questions about continued wolf hunting.
New Wyoming Game & Fish data shows a major canine distemper outbreak devastated wolf populations across Wyoming and Yellowstone in 2025, killing large numbers of pups and contributing to steep declines in reproduction and survival. Wyoming’s wolf population dropped to an estimated 253 wolves with only 14 breeding pairs statewide, while Yellowstone recorded its lowest pup survival on record.
Distemper infected roughly 64% of sampled wolves in northwestern Wyoming and proved especially deadly for pups. Of 87 pups documented statewide, only an estimated 31–34 survived through the year — a survival rate of just 37%. Yellowstone researchers say only 17 pups survived, highlighting how vulnerable wolf populations already are to natural ecological pressures like disease, harsh winters, territorial conflict, and food availability.
This is exactly why claims that wolves require aggressive human “population control” fall apart under scientific scrutiny. Nature already regulates predator populations through disease, competition, limited resources, and low juvenile survival. Continuing to authorize trophy hunting and year-round killing policies on top of major disease outbreaks is not “management” — it’s political overkill. Wolves are already doing what wild populations naturally do: self-regulating within the limits of their environment.
