For decades, the wolves of the storied East Fork pack were beloved by researchers and tourists alike at Alaska’s Denali National Park. They frequented the park’s entrance and roads and became the stars of family vacation photos. For decades, the wolves of the storied East Fork pack were beloved by researchers and tourists alike at Alaska’s Denali National Park. They frequented the …
This Data refutes the widespread belief among hunters that high harvests can’t occur absent aggressive management.
Alaska’s intensive game management isn’t working In 1994, the state Legislature passed the Intensive Management Law. This statute contains 317 words excluding definitions, less than one-half page of text. Remarkably few words for a law that is unique to Alaska, that transformed wildlife management here, that led to application of drastic, extreme predator control programs featuring aerial shooting of wolves …
With a DISGUSTING round of Howls, Michigan’s Elected Officials ignore their Voters
LANSING, MI — The Michigan Legislature has a message for the wolves of the Upper Peninsula: You’re fair game. On Wednesday, Dec. 14, the Michigan House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow the state Natural Resources Commission to designate a hunting season on gray wolves if federal protections on the animals are ever dropped. The bill passed the …
New Nonlethal Deterrent Flash bang Tested- no more wolves at the door
Police and game officials report that non-lethal explosive charges have been successfully used to convince wolves to stay away from a residential area of Ylivieska in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia where they had been roaming all autumn. At the end of November, police decided to do something about two wolves that had been repeatedly approaching homes and farms in …