Wolves Kill 18 Livestock Animals in California

A timber wolf roams in its enclosure at the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center in Divide, Colorado on March 28, 2023. Jason Connolly/AFP via Getty Images

California wolves have killed 18 livestock animals since August 2023, according to the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife.

The department this month reported 16 gray wolf depredations—that is, when wolves or other predators kill or injure domestic animals, according to wolf advocacy and conservation website wolf.org—resulting in 18 livestock losses since August.