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A famously far-ranging gray wolf is found dead in Southern California

The Oregon-born gray wolf gained a following this year when it became the first to travel to Southern California in a century. Wildlife officials say it appears to have been struck by a vehicle.
Gray wolf populations are recovering across many parts of the northern U.S. But the species, like many, are threatened by roadways and human development.

Wildlife officials say a far-ranging gray wolf, the first to tromp across Southern California in more than a hundred years, has been found dead near a roadway a little more than an hour's drive north of downtown Los Angeles.

It appeared to have been struck by a vehicle.

The male wolf, named OR93 when it that hadn't seen a wolf since 1922.

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