Last Fall I became involved with Defenders of Wildlife,, when it became news that Palin was promoting the killing of Wolves from airplanes. That was one donation that I made that truly made me feel like I was doing my part to protect this valuable preditor. Sadly I received news that Palin has gone even farther to rid Alaska of Wolves.
Last Fall I became involved with Defenders of Wildlife,, when it became news that Palin was promoting the killing of Wolves from airplanes. That was one donation that I made that truly made me feel like I was doing my part to protect this valuable preditor. Sadly I received news that Palin has gone even farther to rid Alaska of Wolves.
Today I received a Press Release from Defenders of Wildlife:
"While the media obsesses over Governor Palin’s private family life, she is getting away with illegally slaughtering large numbers of wolves from the air," commented Defenders Action Fund president, Rodger Schlickeisen. "The governor is even encouraging the killing of wolves that reside and den mostly on federal land, which belongs to all of us, not just Alaskans. There is no biological emergency in Alaska that warrants such measures."
The ADF&G gave the National Park Service just a few hours notice before the killing began and as of Tuesday morning, at least 58 wolves were already known to have been killed, in addition to at least 27 that had already been killed by private hunters. According to the National Park Service’s March 15 briefing statement (attached), if ADF&G is successful in reaching its goal, "this would leave one-to-two wolves per 1,000 square kilometers in the Upper Yukon Wolf Control Area, approximating the lowest known wolf population densities in Alaska." Upon learning of the state’s plans, the Service requested a no-wolf kill buffer zone around the preserve, but the state refused, putting at risk many of the members of seven wolf packs that reside mostly within the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, many of which are part of an ongoing wolf study conducted by the park, at federal taxpayer expense.
"The Palin administration has created the least scientific Board of Game in the state’s history and this board will stop at nothing to reach its arbitrary and overblown goals for moose and caribou populations. They don’t even play by their own rules!" continued Schlickeisen. "Removing such huge numbers of predators from a region will do untold damage to all the wildlife that depends on that habitat. Governor Palin is recklessly pursuing policies that could turn America’s last frontier into nothing more than a large game farm."
During the recent spring Board of Game meeting, the board also approved a proposal to allow to the use of gas bombs to kill wolves and wolf pups in their dens. The consistently unanimous votes for unprecedented and increasingly extreme methods of killing wolves have caused many to question the make up of the board and the magnitude of their vendetta against wolves. Each of the seven members have been appointed or re-appointed by Governor Palin, who has consistently chosen her appointees from the hunting lobby, excluding all other interests from the board.
Yes, that's right, she has passed legislation to gas the pups in their dens. Sickening! It is heartening to know that media outlets are taking notice to Palin's mission to remove the Wolves from Alaska for Caribo hunters.
From the LA Times
Hunters armed with big-caliber guns have been swooping over wolf packs in the Upper Yukon region of Alaska in one of the biggest aerial wolf hunts the state has undertaken to help boost the number of caribou. Already, at least 30 wolves have been killed in the program that began over the weekend.
The predator control effort has run into opposition from the National Park Service, which manages the nearby Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, where biologists have been radio-collaring wolves in a long-running study of how predators and prey interact in the 2.5-million-acre wilderness near the Canadian border.
I am not sure if this has already been diaried, and if so I will delete. But I feel it is very important for people to know what Governor Palin is doing to the Wolves in her state.
To learn more about Palin's assault on Wolves please go to, http://www.eyeonpalin.org/... and help spread the world.