Lone wolf
The young male gray wolf was dubbed OR7 by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife after wildlife biologists captured him and gave him a GPS collar.
OR7’s photo was taken on November 14 by an unmanned trail camera set up in the woods east of Butte Falls, Oregon, by Allen Daniels, a blacktail deer hunter.
The Oregon Wild conservation group thought that OR7 deserved a better, more personable name (no kidding! 
) and started a children’s contest to name the wolf, which attracted entries from around the world. The winning name was announced yesterday and was submitted by two kids, a 7-year-old from Mountain Home, Idaho and an 11-year-old from Dickinson, North Dakota.
Now, the lone wolf has a nickname: “Journey.”
If he is looking for a mate, he likely won’t find one in California.
Journey’s GPS coordinates put him in eastern Siskiyou County. He rested for a few days, according to the California Department of Fish and Game, and has started moving south again.
If OR7 (“Journey”) remains in California, Fish and Game may give him his own official name to distinguish him as the first resident wolf in the Golden State in modern times.
-Bill at
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