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Hi John,
In Alaska, state agents in helicopters chased down bears and wolves, frightening them into fleeing for safety only to gun them down.
In just two months, the gruesome tally included 94 brown bears — including 20 cubs — plus five black bears and five wolves.
Only rain and bad weather kept the death toll from climbing higher.
We're pushing back against Alaska's wildlife-killing. You can help with a gift to the Saving Life on Earth Fund. Thanks to a generous champion of wildlife, your gift today will be doubled.
The state's "intensive management" plan is cruel. And Alaska won't let up. State officials want to continue persecuting bears and wolves through 2028.
Officials say this killing is needed to boost the Mulchatna caribou herd for hunters. But this approach is morally wrong and ecologically destructive. It can't be justified.
Killing precious wildlife and weakening ecosystems so another species — whose population is also declining — can be hunted is nonsensical and shouldn't be allowed.
Instead, Alaska has a law requiring it to kill carnivores.
The state has misled the public about its "predator control" plan. State officials claim it's successful — and that's just not true.
All Alaska's management plan does is foster a culture that views wolves and bears as disposable and robs us of the very wildlife that make the wild what it is.
Last year Alaska received more than $50 million in federal funding for wildlife management projects, which accounts for more than 60% of its wildlife management budget.
Alaska doesn't deserve this money until it changes its law that requires the slaughter of bears, wolves and other carnivores.
As the planet faces a staggering loss of wildlife, states need to get out of the wildlife-killing business. We'll do all we can to make that happen.
Please help with a matched gift to the Saving Life on Earth Fund.
For the wild,
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