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Shasta County Declares Emergency Amid Gray Wolf Attacks

5/20/2025

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Shasta County has declared a local state of emergency as of May 13, 2025, in response to alarming gray wolf attacks on livestock. The Board of Supervisors is seeking urgent help from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to safeguard both public safety and livestock, advocating for the relocation or euthanization of the threatening wolves and enhanced powers for local sheriffs.

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Shasta County has declared a local state of emergency as of May 13, 2025, in response to alarming gray wolf attacks on livestock. The Board of Supervisors is seeking urgent help from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to safeguard both public safety and livestock, advocating for the relocation or euthanization of the threatening wolves and enhanced powers for local sheriffs.