Study reveals what California wolves are eating. And it’s not good
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
California wolves are feeding mostly on cattle, a new study shows, a finding that underscores one of the biggest challenges posed by the recent return of the endangered predator.
The study, published Wednesday in the scientific journal PLOS One, estimates that pasturing cattle constitute about 55% of the gray wolf diet in California. Natural prey, including mule deer, small mammals and birds, make up only about 40%.
