Famous OR-7 Wolf is Grandfather to Lassen Pack
Biologists confirm that new northern California pack traces back to the first wolf spotted in the state since 1924.
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California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials confirmed last week that three wolf pups discovered in the Lassen National Forest are descendants of the famous OR-7 gray wolf. OR-7, a wandering collared wolf, became the first wolf in western Oregon since the ’30s and the first wolf in California since 1924. He found a mate in 2014 and produced several litters of pups in southwestern Oregon; one of his sons fathered the Lassen pups this year.
