BoG - Alaska Legislature Plans $1.5 Million Astroturf Fight Against Endangered Species Act
- Alaska's War on Science Needs to End
- Resource Development, Wildlife: We Need Them Both
- Alaska's Wild Game is Farmed for Benefit of Outside Hunters
- Wildlife resources managed for pleasure, profit of a few
- State's Wildlife Management Relies Too Much on Dead Animals
- Intensive Management Practices Needed for Board of Game
- Helicopter Based Snaring and Bear Baiting Program in Unit 16
- Defenders of Wildlife / Board of Game Update
- Fish and Game Policies Reveal Another Corrupt State Agency
- Wildlife Cartel Represents Circumnavigation of Ethics, Truth
- Fish and Game is Doing Lousy Job Managing the State's Wildlife
- Fish and Game Should be Honest About Killing Wolf Pups
- Misuse of Public Funds?
- Outsiders' Propaganda is Bad Fuel for the Ol' Wood Stove
- Legislators hunting down Alaska rights
- Governor Blocks Right to Vote on Hunting
- Proposed Black Bear Hunts Reveal Renegade Board of Game
- Wildlife Massacre
- Stealth Bills Take Aim at Your Right to Vote on Game Issues
- Board of Game is going overboard in its support of predator control
- Bills Would Protect Game Board from Being Called to Account
- Passage of SB 67 Would be a Tribute to Governor Hammond
- Wildlife Management Bill Goes Too Far
- 2 Public Votes on Aerial Shooting Not Enough
| Alaska's Wild Game is Farmed for Benefit of Outside Hunters |
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In Ann R. Whipple's letter ("To those in Alaska's Bush, wild meat is worth protecting," Sept. 25) she made the case that predator control should be OK in Alaska because ranchers and farmers in the Lower 48 practice it. She then asked if there were any questions. Well, I have one. When did we start farming our wildlife in Alaska? In the past year under intensive management 259 wolves and 89 bears have been killed in their natural habitat in the wilds of Alaska, not raiding Farmer John's hen house. Because the Department of Fish and Game would rather not have you see the graphic depiction of this slaughter they will not release these photos for publication. Now, Rod Arno tells us that because of predator control the department has been able to issue more of the higher-priced nonresident hunting permits bringing in increased revenue ("Predator-prey management benefits hunters from here, Outside," Sept. 23). So the department benefits financially from predator control. We are essentially game farming for the benefit of out-of-state trophy hunters. If the motivation behind this extreme measure was simply to feed subsistence hunters, these nonresidents would have been excluded. by Linda Donegan, Anchorage |
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