"Seeing wolves return to the places this magnificent species once called home and have these adorable new pups is as inspiring as it gets," said Amaroq Weiss, the center's senior wolf advocate. "At least five California packs have now created families. That's a testament to the visionary power and strong enforcement of the federal and state endangered species acts."
The Center for Biological Diversity called it "inspiring" - especially because the wolves made their way back into California and established packs on their own, rather than being reintroduced by wildlife agencies.
The state's gray wolf population doubled in one fell swoop with 30 pups born across five of the seven packs this spring, bringing the total number of wolves to more than 60.
That’s the most significant increase in the state’s gray wolf population in a century - since the last wolf was shot in 1924, SFGATE reported.
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