大象传媒

A grey wolf has made history by travelling hundreds of miles (nearly 1,300 km) from its home in the northern US state of Oregon to California in the south. The wolf - called OR-93 - was fitted with a GPS collar, allowing conservationists to monitor his progress towards the Sierra Nevada mountain range.

Grey wolves were wiped out in California in the 20th century as part of a government-backed program to protect the livestock industry, so is this the start of a recovery for the species there?

Amaroq Weiss is a wolf advocate from the Centre for Biological Diversity.

"He's come into California to try to find a mate. Unfortunately we have very few wolves here, we have - including him - eight known wolves.... so he's looking for love and he's looking at this time of year."

(Photo: The wolf - OR-93 - in a photo taken last year. Credit: Austin Smith, Jr., Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs)