“Rogue” Wolf Forms First Wolf Pack in Western Oregon

By Patriot Outdoor News

With the addition of OR-7’s pack, Oregon now has nine wolf packs in total.

Oregon officials have confirmed that the state’s famous wandering wolf, OR-7, is now the leader of his own pack. The male gray wolf stepped into the spotlight between 2009 and 2011 when he traveled thousands of miles from northeast Oregon into California, becoming the first wolf to be seen in the Golden State since 1924. Recently, the wolf came back to Oregon with a mate in tow, and biologists reported seeing wolf pups last June. The pups were the first wolves to be born in Oregon’s southwest …read more