How is it ok for a state to approve killing of an endangered animal???? The state of Alaska has announced that it plans to allow a wolf hunt on Prince of Wales Island, despite recent evidence that the Alexander Archipelago wolf population on the island is in danger of extinction. In July, environmental groups asked the state to close the …
Contentious wolf hunt to resume Monday near Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve
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
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 …
Denali wolves: Support for a conservation easement exchange to buffer park habitat | Alaska Dispatch News
Denali wolves: Support for conservation easement exchange to buffer park habitat Michael Johnson July 28, 2015 Pictured: Wolf tracks frozen in the mud along side a patch of ice along the Savage River in Denali National Park. Sept. 23, 2014Bob Hallinen / ADN …