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Feds forced to cancel 23-year wolf study after too many killed by Alaskan officials 

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The Alaska Department of Fish and Game killed so many of the radio-collared wolves in a federal study that officials had to cancel the 23-year-old program. A Department of Interior spokesman confirmed Tuesday that the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve was forced to cancel its annual wolf population survey, which cost the federal government about $100,000 per year, according to the …

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Denali East Fork wolf pack status currently unknown

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”If we just look at the collared wolf mortalities for this past 75 percent died as a result of snaring or being shot,” Borg said. “So this is really high compared to our previously published rate of less than 20 percent.” “They’re allowing a handful of people to gun them down or trap them,” said Sean McGuire, who is with the small Fairbanks …