A new wolf pack has been confirmed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife on Nov. 17.It has emerged in California’s northern Sierra, continuing the growth of the state’s small and fragile wolf population. However, it may bring potential problems for ranchers in an area where many cattle have already been killed by wolves, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.The new pack is reported to have already preyed on cows. The Grizzly pack, confirmed Tuesday by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, lives in southern Plumas County.The new pack consists of at least two adults and a pup. Each of the wolves has been spotted over the past several months, including at the edges of Sierra Valley, but state officials only identified them as a pack in its new quarterly wolf update.“This year has brought both joyful and tragic news about wolves’ homecoming to California, but I’m elated there’s a new pack and more than 30 new pups roaming our state,” said Amaroq Weiss, senior wolf advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity.The additional pack lifts California’s cumulative wolf numbers to 10 packs.

SALINAS, Calif. —

A new wolf pack has been confirmed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife on Nov. 17.

It has emerged in California’s northern Sierra, continuing the growth of the state’s small and fragile wolf population. However, it may bring potential problems for ranchers in an area where many cattle have already been killed by wolves, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

The new pack is reported to have already preyed on cows.

The Grizzly pack, confirmed Tuesday by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, lives in southern Plumas County.

The new pack consists of at least two adults and a pup. Each of the wolves has been spotted over the past several months, including at the edges of Sierra Valley, but state officials only identified them as a pack in its new quarterly wolf update.

“This year has brought both joyful and tragic news about wolves’ homecoming to California, but I’m elated there’s a new pack and more than 30 new pups roaming our state,” said Amaroq Weiss, senior wolf advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity.

The additional pack lifts California’s cumulative wolf numbers to 10 packs.