Wolf Hunting in Alaska

Don't you love it when the ones in charge of managing wildlife don't know anything about ecology?

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A federal judge has denied the state of Alaska's request for a preliminary injunction to kill wolves, a step it says was needed to protect a caribou herd that is a subsistence food source for a Native village.

U.S. District Judge H. Russel Holland ruled Monday on the state's request to conduct predator control in a national wildlife refuge on Unimak Island.

The state announced plans to kill wolves to protect this year's calves. But the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the state would have to go through a review process for a special use permit or it would be considered trespassing.

The state last month sued the feds for blocking the program, and sought the preliminary injunction to kill up to seven of the island's estimated 30 wolves while the lawsuit continued.

Source: The Associated Press

Opening up an efficient, conservationist hunting season is one thing. Alarmist cries for immediate aerial gunning operations is another.