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Hi John,
In southwest Alaska over the past two summers, state agents in helicopters chased down bears and wolves, frightening them into fleeing for their lives only to gun them down.
The gruesome tally stands at 175 brown bears — including 20 cubs — along with five black bears and 19 wolves.
Now they want to kill up to 80% of the state's carnivores in southcentral Alaska on the borders of Denali and Lake Clark national parks. This carnage must be stopped.
We're pushing back against Alaska's wildlife-killing. You can help with a gift now to the Alaska and Arctic Defense Fund. Thanks to a generous champion of the Arctic, your gift will be matched.
The state's Department of Fish and Game is hellbent on expanding the killing to turn Alaska's wildlands into game farms for hunters. If the state gets its way, it will bring aerial gunning of treasured carnivores to the front door of the greater Denali and Lake Clark ecosystems.
Officials say this killing is needed to boost the state's caribou herds and moose populations. But that's morally wrong and ecologically destructive.
It also contradicts science, which shows that a changing climate, disease, food availability, and hunting — not predators — are the greatest threats to Alaska's moose and caribou populations.
Killing precious wildlife and weakening ecosystems so that another species can be hunted is nonsensical.
Low-level aircraft flying around Alaska's treasured landscapes disrupt habitats and can hurt nontarget wildlife.
All Alaska's management plan does is foster a culture that treats wolves and bears as disposable.
As the planet faces a staggering loss of biodiversity, states like Alaska need to get out of the wildlife-killing business. And we'll do all we can to make that happen.
Start a monthly donation today so you can have the most powerful impact on our uncompromising defense of the natural world — and be with us every day as we secure a future for the wild.
For the wild,
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