Bloody paw prints on the porch of a resident's house; the elk killed in the resident's yard. Photos by the Sierra County Sheriff's Office At least 18 confirmed wolf “attacks” of livestock and big game ...

If you spot wolves, don’t give chase. “They’ll run away,” Smith says, “and it ruins the moment for everyone.” If you’re on foot, scout river banks for clues such as paw prints.

They lifted a paw, and then they were off ... a rancher found the body of a calf lying in the spring snow, surrounded by wolf prints. It was the first confirmed kill. Every day since then ...

“All 12 samples were confirmed gray wolf.” Paw prints from a gray wolf are seen in photographs taken by Colibri Ecological Consulting survey staff in the forests of Tulare County. Genetic ...

No 04D. No other collared wolves. No paw prints, or scat. The most obvious sign they haven’t been around is in the behavior of the cows, Johnson said. When predators are constantly around ...

WDFW each year completes a wolf survey, seeking radio-collared animals with planes and helicopters to count pack members, using human trackers to find paw prints in mud or snow, and taking photos ...

said an initial helicopter would seek out the wolves by tracking their location collars or looking for paw prints in the snow. Then wildlife officials would fire a net gun to immobilize each wolf ...