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Alaskan wolves

  • Palin's departure not likely to change Alaska's anti-wolf programs

    Ralph Maughan

    Unrepresentative Board of Game and science-free biologists said to be the problem- Alaska biologists may be to blame for bad predator control policies. By Cathy Taibbi.  National Examiner. I missed this earlier. This lengthy article is actually part 2 of Exploring Alaska’s wolf-control controversy. Government favors trophy hunting dollars over ecology.

  • Aerial wolf hunt clash goes underground

    Ralph Maughan

    Aerial hunt clash goes underground. Ads from conservation group back proposed federal prohibition. By Erika Bolstad. “Alaskans voted twice to ban aerial hunting, and the vote has been overturned twice,” said Jessica Brand, a spokeswoman for the Washington, D.C.-based Defenders of Wildlife. “The only way to end this once and for all is to close…

  • Wolves aggressively trail dogs with owners near Elmendorf, Alaska

    Ralph Maughan

    This video is making the rounds. It seems that a wolf pack near Elmendorf, Alaska has become very aggressive toward local dogs; and this means the wolves have gotten very close to people in their effort to attack the dogs. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/12/22/alaska.wolf.attack.cnn I can’t understand why this wolf pack has not been shot by local Game…

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