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California officials decide next steps for 500-pound bear meandering neighborhood

Residents speculated much of the bear’s natural habitat was lost in the 2025 Eaton Fire

The Independent UK · Sep 30

California confirms rare sighting of gray wolf in Mendocino national forest

Officials say sighting a sign species – driven to extinction in state before reintroduction in 2011 – expanding its range

The Guardian - US · Sep 8

Hikers heard ‘howling’ from a California water tank; rescuers found a mother bear and her cubs trapped inside and spent hours freeing them

On a late-August afternoon in the San Gabriel Mountains, a group of hikers near La Verne, California, heard an unsettling sound: what they described as “howling” coming from a large water tank along a trail. When they investigated, they discovered a mother black bear and her two cubs trapped inside…

The Times of India · Sep 1

Viral Mistreatment of Protected Hawk Lands Man in Jail — Advocates Call for Education

Cesar Gustavo Diaz from Los Angeles was sentenced to 45 days in jail for animal cruelty after giving alcohol to a protected Cooper's hawk

International Business Times UK · Feb 27

Wildlife crews stop actively searching for young wolves after livestock attacks

Wildlife crews have stopped actively searching for two juvenile gray wolves in Northern California's Sierra Valley

The Independent UK · Jan 14

Southern California man gets an unwanted housemate: A black bear in his crawl space

A bear in Southern California has taken up residence in the crawlspace under a man's home

The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2025

‘A problematic species’: California to allow hunting of ‘very aggressive’ swans

Officials say move essential to protect wetlands and native waterfowl but some groups call decision ‘inhumane’

The Guardian - US · Oct 25, 2025

Survivor’s island: coyotes seen paddling across deep San Francisco Bay waters

Researchers studying the phenomenon found in 2024 there were between 14 to 17 coyotes on Angel island

The Guardian - US · Sep 8, 2025

‘I was just yelling’: 6-year-old boy attacked by coyote while watching his sister’s softball game

The young California boy needed 20 stitches and rabies shots after a coyote attacked him in Southern California

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2025

After nearly 100 years, adult winter-run Chinook salmon seen in California river

State’s fish and wildlife department posted a video showing an adult female guarding a nest of eggs

The Guardian - US · Jul 31, 2025