BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 A furry bombshell has entered the villa \u2014 and she\u2019s looking for a mate. But we\u2019re not talking hit reality show \u201cLove Island.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 3-year-old gray wolf, aka BEY03F<\/a>, has been drawing statewide attention as she\u2019s traveled 370 miles from her home in Plumas County.<\/p>\n On Sunday, she made her way to sunny Los Angeles County but now she\u2019s checking out her options in the Golden Empire.<\/p>\n First gray wolf to enter L.A. County in century has Plumas County origins <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m a little surprised that it\u2019s a female, because usually I always learned that it\u2019s the young males that are leaving the pack and the females stay,\u201d Dr. Antje Lauer, CSU Bakersfield biology professor said. \u201cBut for whatever reason, she has left and is probably not finding a mate.\u201d<\/p>\n According to the California Fish and Wildlife Department, the wolf was last tracked near the mountainous area east of the Grapevine, but her journey for love has made some history.<\/p>\n The wolf\u2019s arrival in LA county marks the first time in 100 years that a wolf has wandered in the county. With just about 50 wolves in the state, BEY03F\u2019s dating pool is rather small.<\/p>\n \u201cThe wolf is endangered. So the biologists would like to see more wolves coming back,\u201d Lauer said. \u201cI would be surprised if that wolf would find a mate here. So she might be just moving around and then ultimately leaving again.\u201d<\/p>\n The dwindling wolf populations are due to a number of factors. Hunting of elk and deer has been detrimental to the main food sources of the wolves. But often times, farmers kill these endangered animals to protect livestock from being their next meal.<\/p>\n Lauer says the wolves don\u2019t pose a huge threat to farm animals.<\/p>\n \u201cI think by having this female young and alone, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a threat to anything. She would probably not be a threat to anybody\u2019s livestock, but if there is a pack, the depleted nature of prey, then this can be a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n