Wolf attacks on California cattle rose from 54 to 122 between June and Sept. State strike teams using nonlethal tools failed to curb escalating livestock losses. Ranchers face economic strain, ...
SPOKE WITH THOSE IMPACTED. AGRICULTURE AND CATTLE RANCHING HAVE FLOURISHED ACROSS THIS VAST LANDSCAPE SINCE THE MID 1800S. TODAY, SIERRA VALLEY CONTINUES TO RAISE HUNDREDS OF COWS FROM BIRTH TO SALE.
In the three months since California stationed game wardens and scientists to round-the-clock shifts to help ranchers stave off wolf attacks on cattle, the number of bloody incidents in the state's ...