The deaths of these two, collared wolves in particular–by unnatural causes (termed “harvested” wolves)–pose a problem for the park’s five year old Wolf Project, which was funded in part by the National Science Foundation, and meant to be a unique, long-term study of these secretive animals. “Death by hunting” is not yet an official data category for the study. Much of the data collected so far on these wolves may not be usable any more since their unnatural deaths did [...]
The debate over the aerial killing of wildlife in Alaska rages on with Ashley Judd and Defenders of Wildlife president Rodger Schlickeisen appearing on CNN’s Larry King Live last night.
Judd discusses why she so vehemently opposes aerial hunting (and later name-drops Van Jones and the Green Collar Economy) while Schlickeisen responds to Palin’s labeling of Defenders of Wildlife as a “fringe group.”
In an uncharacteristic move, the Bush administration announced today they are withdrawing attempts to remove gray wolves living in the Northern Rockies from the endangered species list. Such a rule would have opened the way for public hunting of wolves in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming this fall.
