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This summer, Alaska wildlife agency personnel reportedly staked out a known wolf denning site – a practice that is illegal under Alaska law – and, using helicopters, gunned down 14 adult wolves from the air.
When they landed, they found 14 helpless pups in the nearby dens – infant wolves just weeks old – and methodically shot each one in the head. 28 wolves gunned down in all.
Due to a loophole in federal law, Alaska is the only state in the U.S. where a few hunters still use aircraft to shoot wolves or chase them to exhaustion before landing and shooting them point blank. But the practice of "denning" – the killing of wolf young in the den – is prohibited even under Alaska law. This killing of 14 wolf pups disturbs even longtime hunters in Alaska.
During her two years as governor, Sarah Palin proposed a $150 bounty for the severed foreleg of each killed wolf and introduced legislation to make it even easier to use aircraft to hunt wolves and bears. But it's time that Governor Palin call for a thorough investigation into the killing of these 14 wolf pups, and bring any Alaska employees who acted illegally to justice.
Governor Palin presents herself as a pro-ethics reform politician. Please sign our petition to hold her accountable to her promises and send an email to your friends to spread the word.
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3:54 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Amber Estus, Tennessee
Dear Governor Palin, I am sickened by reports that you have allowed shooting wolves from planes to be allowed one again. I was reading a magazine article about it and heard that 84 wolves were killed in an Alaskan national park. Scientists found that that was the entire population of wolves in that park. Plus, you have allowed to gas innocent pups minding their own business in their dens. These wolves that you are allowing to be killed are already on the endangered species list and in 100 years will be extinct due to loss of habitat and prey. That is less than 2 generation of children. These pups that are being killed are the hope for a new future for these majestic animals. Around the nation, many people have dedicated their lives to these beautiful animals and have released these creatures back into the wild, only to see that their efforts are in vain. I feel deeply saddened that you would allow so much damage to be caused over a couple heard of caribou. I understand that it is your duty to your people, but think from the wolves perspective. Pups, excited to see the world and are just playing or sleeping in their den, start to breathe in the poisonous gasses and realize that their dream will never come true. Their mother, coming to her with meat she risked her life for, so she could feed her pups, only to find them dead. Imagine if you were put in that situation. You go to the grocery store and come home to find your children dead. That is what you are putting these wolves through. I wish you would re-think your actions and see things from a different view. Thank You. |