The Santa Ynez Valley Natural History Society, with co-host Los Olivos Library, invites the public to learn more about the reintroduction and recovery of gray wolves in California and elsewhere in the West after nearly 90 years' absence in the wild. Pamela Flick of Defenders of Wildlife will present a lecture at the historic Grange Hall in Los Olivos, located at 2374 Alamo Pintado Avenue, Los Olivos, on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m.
The House has passed a bill to drop legal protections for gray wolves across the lower 48 states, reopening a lengthy battle over the predator species.
A three-year-old playing at an area park was bitten by a coyote Monday afternoon, according to police.
https://patch.com/california/orange-county/coyote-attacks-toddler-placentia
Coyote attacks on people, like that on a 3-year old Monday afternoon near a park in Placentia, tend to occur several times a year in Southern California, usually with small children as victims. Deaths are relatively rare though, with the last-known human fatality in 1981.
