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California to allow sheriffs to haze wolves

04/15/26 7:01 AM By Brad Hooker
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California is moving to let county sheriffs use tools like pepper balls to haze wolves, signaling a potential shift toward more aggressive nonlethal deterrence as conflicts with livestock rise.
KEYWORDS California California Department of Fish and Wildlife CDFW gray wolves livestock depredation nonlethal deterrence pepper balls ranchers sheriffs West wolf hazing wolf management
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