Contentious wolf hunt to resume Monday near Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve

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  Wolf hunt to resume Monday near Alaska’s Denali National Park Laurel Andrews August 9, 2015 Bob Hallinen Wolf hunting will resume Monday on state lands northeast of Denali National Park and Preserve amid calls by conservationist groups to reinstate the long-disputed “wolf buffer” near the park. In mid-May, Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Sam Cotten had closed …

7 Boneheaded Things Sarah Palin Has Done To Animals

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4. Encouraging shooting of wolves from helicopters. Flickr/mape_s   Palin has been a longtime supporter of Alaskan wolf hunting, arguing thatpredator-control programs are vital to maintaining healthy populations of moose and caribou (though she clearly doesn’t think of herself as a caribou predator who needs to be controlled). She authorized hunters to shoot wolves from helicopters and even to gas wolf dens …