Hi John,

Alaska officials have been on a bear-killing rampage.

They've killed almost 200 over the past three years — and want to hop back into their helicopters and kill more.

This carnage must end, so the Center and allies just went to court to stop Alaska's bear-killing machine.

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The gruesome tally of animals killed by state agents stands at 186 brown bears — including at least 20 cubs — along with five black bears and 19 wolves.

The state has given its agents the green light to kill every bear it can find in a 40,000-square-mile area in western Alaska that borders Katmai and Lake Clark national parks and the Togiak and Yukon Delta national wildlife refuges.

It claims this kind of "predator control" is needed to protect the Mulchatna caribou herd. But bears and wolves aren't what's threatening caribou. It's disease and lack of food, both made worse by a changing climate. In fact, reducing predator populations can make these problems worse by removing balance from the ecosystem.

Killing precious wildlife in an unscientific attempt to boost caribou numbers for hunters is nonsensical. Low-level aircraft flying around Alaska's treasured landscapes also disrupt habitats and harass nontarget wildlife.

Alaska's management plan only fosters a culture that treats wolves and bears as disposable.

So we went to court to put an end to this killing.

It's long past time for states like Alaska to get out of the business of killing wildlife. If they don't, we'll keep holding their feet to the fire to save the bears, wolves, and other species we love.

Please help by making a matched gift to the Alaska and Arctic Defense Fund.

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For the wild,

Kierán Suckling
Executive Director
Center for Biological Diversity

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