The state is allowing the use of rubber bullets, paintballs and pepper balls to ward off wolves endangering livestock.

A study on gray wolves' dietary preferences shows that the population regrowth is connected to the fact that wolves are feasting on cattle, while natural prey resources remain comparatively scarce.

New research from UC Davis has affirmed what California ranchers have been saying for years: gray wolves are increasingly targeting their cattle.

The study of wolf droppings determined that wolves have made cattle their main course in Nortehern California.

In 2025, the state euthanized four wolves traced to nearly 70 livestock deaths.

Two new studies examining gray wolves in California paint a complex picture of life on the state's ranching landscapes: ...

Gray wolves in northeastern California are relying heavily on cattle for food, and cattle grazing in wolf territory show ...

California lawmakers are moving ahead with a plan to study restoring grizzly bears, despite ranchers’ warnings that the state ...

California wildlife officials have confirmed there's a new wolf pack in the northern part of the state, as the population of the endangered canids—and the number of livestock they have preyed ...

Whether it's 2,700 wolves in Minnesota or 70 in California, ranchers report similar challenges — predators targeting livestock, limited management authority, and compensation programs that don't solve ...

With an unprecedented number of wolf attacks on California’s livestock in recent years, the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife is distributing $1.1 million to ranchers who lost their farm animals ...