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Hi John,
In Alaska, state agents in helicopters chased down and shot more than 100 brown bears, gray wolves and other apex predators.
This sick killing of wild carnivores is wrong, and it needs to stop.
The Center for Biological Diversity will be taking the fight to Alaska until this slaughter ends. Help save wolves and bears with a gift to the Saving Life on Earth Fund now. Thanks to a generous champion of wildlife, your gift today will be doubled.
It's horrific enough that Alaska law requires the killing of top predators. But aerial shooting of bears and wolves in the wildest parts of the United States is over the top.
States like Alaska receive millions of federal tax dollars to manage wildlife. That money is meant to reward and support wildlife conservation that sustains all species — not brutal killing to appease hunters who want more caribou to hunt.
Until this brutal slaughter stops, the Center will keep pushing to take that funding away.
It's the same approach we've taken to try to save wolves in the northern Rockies. States have a legal — and moral — responsibility to manage wildlife in a way that protects animals. If they're not up to that task, they shouldn't be getting these federal funds.
It's cruel and unethical to allow wolves and bears to be gunned down. It's even more dangerous for a state like Alaska to mandate this slaughter by law.
And there's no way the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service should be forking over $50 million to a state that so mercilessly guns down bears and wolves.
As the extinction crisis worsens, it's imperative to allow wildlife to live and roam in peace in their natural habitat. It's just as important for states and agencies to treat wildlife humanely, bolstering the web of life that the Center is working so hard to protect.
We'll never stop doing what's right for bears, wolves and all species, wherever they are.
Please support our lifesaving work by making a matched gift today to the Saving Life on Earth Fund.
For the wild,
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