California's wolves are inbreeding; CDFW officials aren't too worried about it

Inbred Wolves Are Now Roaming California’s Wilderness

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California now has incestuous wolves roaming across wilderness as officials outline what it means

Nearly a quarter of the wolves in the state were "born to pairs of siblings" from the Whaleback Pack in Northern California, according to the California Wolf Watch.

California's wolves are inbreeding; CDFW officials aren't too worried about it

California’s growing wolf population is inbreeding, data recorded by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife shows. According to the wolf-tracking group California Wolf Watch, a quarter of the wolves born in California in 2026 were born to pairs of siblings from the Whaleback pack in Northern California. CDFW gray wolf expert Axel Hunnicutt told [...]

Northern California's Wolves Have an Inbreeding Problem. CDFW Isn't Panicking Yet.

Roughly one in four wolf pups born in California this year came from a pair of siblings, a statistic that sounds like it should set off alarms inside the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. For now, it hasn’t. The tracking group California Wolf Watch flagged the numbers after combing through CDFW parentage data, with …

California’s wolves are inbreeding; CDFW officials aren’t too worried about it

From KTLA.com: California’s growing wolf population is inbreeding, data recorded by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife shows. According to the wolf-tracking group California Wolf Watch, a quarter of the wolves born in California in 2026 were born to pairs of siblings from the Whaleback pack in Northern California. Click here for the full […] The post California’s wolves are inbreeding; CDFW officials aren’t too worried about it first…

Incest-Bred Wolves Are Now Roaming California’s Wilderness

NewsFinale NewsFinale Journal California’s wolf population is showing signs of inbreeding as isolated animals pair up to preserve their lineage. According to California Wolf Watch, nearly one in four wolves in the state was born to sibling parents from Northern California’s Whaleback Pack. The organization said the first confirmed inbred pack recorded in California in 2026 was the […]