"The 3-year-old female black wolf, code-named BEYO3F, traveled about 125 miles from Tulare County but most likely has been journeying 500 miles in the past year looking for a mate, said Axel Hunnicutt, the state gray wolf coordinator for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife on Monday. In May 2025, CDFW biologists fitted her with a collar that periodically emits a ping that reveals her whereabouts."
"No other wolf has stepped foot into L.A. County in more than 100 years. In November 2021, a wolf traveled south from Oregon to the edge of L.A. County. However, OR-93 was killed by a vehicle strike on the 5 Freeway in Kern County, near where BEYO3F is currently staying."
"What is amazing is she is putting footsteps down where we have not had in 100 years, Pratt said. Sort of like footsteps on the moon."
A three-year-old female black gray wolf, code-named BEYO3F, traveled into Los Angeles County, the first recorded wolf presence there in more than 100 years. BEYO3F moved about 125 miles from Tulare County and likely covered roughly 500 miles in the past year while searching for a mate. California Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists fitted her with a collar in May 2025 that emits periodic location pings. A remote camera captured her in Tulare County on Jan. 13, 2026. Collar signals placed her north of Santa Clarita in the San Gabriel Mountains on Feb. 7 and later back into Kern County east of Lebec on Feb. 9. Wolves were historically eliminated by hunters in the state and are now reappearing in parts of California.
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