Aerial Hunting of Wolves in Alaska (short version)

Each year, the state of Alaska permits private citizens to chase down and kill dozens of wolves using low-flying aircraft and high-powered rifles. Find out what you can do to stop this brutal and unnecessary killing.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• wolf
• wolves
• aerial
• gunning
• hunt
• hunting
• alaska

[dicai]

You all say that because of the population of wolves growing it's ok and a duty to kill them...for their sake,right?

Ever heard of Darwin's Natural Selection theory? And what about Malthus study on demographics? You can apply the same for these wolves; when their population is big enough to leave some wolves without food their number will decrease and the most adapted will survive....

Leave nature do it own job!

[NAHC4me]

i am an avid hunter but this is something i am against. just like hunting bears and cougers with dogs.

[Electricspaceodyssey]

@extremeeXrement1 its just plan unethical and will eliminate the wolf population faster than traditional hunting. >.> - the wolfs will soon go the way the Tasmanian tiger did in 1937 and be no more if we kill them off to fast, its really just common sense... O.o.

[sexykitten315]

there are very few wild red wolves left in alaska, and it seems that each time their numbers recover, we kill them off back to endangerment. hunting is ok, when it's for food, or warmth, henit's ho you survive, but doing it for a trophy, something to hang on a wall... is not. I've seen too many people shoot something, take the head of it, and leave the rest to rot, we need to remember that e are NOT god, we dont have the right to decide which species have the right to live and which ones dont.

[donze52]

@extremeeXrement1

speak wisdom, we now have wolves in south west Nebraska, sadly

the battle starts over again as my father born in 1916 told as a boy seeing the last of the wolves killed for the safety of the livestock of this area. We lost 6 calves this year.

thank you game and parks!

[awdrgyji100]

one day we are gonna be alone on this earth

and only look at our ugly faces.

[extremeeXrement1]

whats the diferrence between aerial wolf hunting and regular wolf huntingeither way your shooting it its just one is easier and one is harder if aerial hunting is bad why isnt regular hunting bad you cant make being lazy illegal

[Adam71x]

i love hunting also and this aint real sporting but they gota manage them preaditors in the north and no one hunts em like in wisconsin its terrible their aint nuthin left just huge wolves everywher and the dnr wont let anyone hunt them

[hunterextreme07]

I love to hunt but i am against this type of hunting... They should only make clean kills.. Not run down your animal..

[Arcanineluvr]

Why does Sarah Palin allow this to go on WOLVES r misunderstood thats all they are why dont people recongnize that Hunters always SCREW things up always have always will our wolves are in dire need of saving we will protect them with our lives SAVE THE WOLVES.

[AngelsOnOurShoulders]

this is sad! :(

[JuMunchie]

Real hunters get off their ass and patiently hunt an animal.

Planes should be outlawed... just like hunting from cars is (at least in PA).

What a disgusting practice. Wildlife management is one thing... but, we treat condemned killers better than this. And, they also tortured their prey. As some people say wolves do.