Death Records Now

Yes I would if that was what is required to control the population at healthy levels.
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Pup wolfs have no ability to be guilty, No conscience. They can not be innocent.
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well, we could wait until the grow up and shoot them.
I think that’s what I would rather do. What ever turns you on.

I am much more concerned about all the innocent cows that are killed every day just in order to give people their big macs. Maybe we could gas them too. Save money you see.
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This is earth, not fantasy land. Wolves eat domestic pets, baby moose,deer, anything they can catch. All things need to be balanced. So the question is will you allow the wolfs to overpopulate and kill off every other baby animal in Alaska?
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This isn’t a question it is a speech. And one based on the mis-information and propaganda of the Defenders of Wildlife.

SO here are some facts about the wold control program in Alaska.

http://www.wc.adfg.state.ak.us/index.cfm?adfg=wolf.control
http://www.wc.adfg.state.ak.us/index.cfm?adfg=control.predator_prey

Wolf control is limited to 9.4% of state lands, and is highly regulated and controlled. Based on plans by biologists to sustain healthy wolf populations. Some wolf control is done in order to prevent outbreaks of health conditions that would adversely affect greater numbers of the wolf population.
http://www.wc.adfg.state.ak.us/index.cfm?adfg=wolf.lice

Defenders of Wildlife is also using incorrect information to propagandize their cause. the very popular commercial that supposedly shows wolf hunting by plane in an effort to show how awful that is is actually footage from a ’70’f film called Alaska’s Wolf Man, shot at a very different time with a different purpose. Defenders now uses this fictional footage out of context to ‘educate’ the public about the situation in Alaska.

Please make a point in the future to educate yourself and check your sources before you believe every piece of PC propaganda that you come across. Thinking critically and intelligently is one of the best ways to make sure you don’t become a pawn for someone else’s political agenda.
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living in AK

Well, if its so good for you why did the most respected professional wildlife manament organization – the American Society of Mammologists say this to Palin?

The Honorable Sarah Palin
State of Alaska
P.O. Box 110001
Juneau, Ak 99811-0001

15 February 2007

Dear Governor Palin:

The American Society ofMammalogists is a non-profit, professional, scientific and educational Society consisting of nearly 4,000 members from all 50 of the United States and 60
other countries worldwide. The American Society of Mammalogists was founded in 1919 and is the world’s oldest and largest organization devoted to the study of mammals. We strongly support the conservation and responsible use of wild mammals based on current, sound, and accurate scientific knowledge. We have a long history ofthoroughly reviewing issues related to mammalian conservation, and where appropriate, adopting positions on issues concerning the
responsible management of mammals and their habitats based on our scientific expertise.

The American Society ofMammalogists remains concerned with the potential mismanagement of large mammalian carnivores and their ungulate prey in Alaska, The letters from Mr. Ron Somerville (5 September 2005; a member of the Board of Game), Mr. Matt Robus (3 January 2006; Director of the Alaska Division of Wildlife Conservation), and Mr. McKie Campbell (6 September 2006; Commissioner, Alaska Department ofFish and Game) have not adequately addressed our concerns.

Management of large mammals, especially predator control,
cannot be considered sound or wise in the absence of adequate data. Alaska’s current harvest guidelines are based on historical population estimates that almost certainly are inaccurate.
Harvest goals should be based on reliable current data on populations and the carrying capacities of their habitats and not on potentially inaccurate historical estimates of populations. Where predator control is proposed or implemented, adequate resources will need to be allocated to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to assess conditions to determine if predator control is based on sound science. That assessment should include analyses of habitat quality, ungulate physical condition and reproduction, and the potential impact of high ungulate densities on forage plants and other wildlife species. Further, sound management requires that abundant ungulate populations be kept below carrying capacity to avoid over browsing and damage to their range. Hunters are often reluctant to kill females and young, which is necessary if hunting
is to mimic natural predation and keep ungulate populations within the constraints of carrying capacity in the absence of predators. Therefore, it is important for management plans that invoke predator control to include adequate measures designed to insure that public hunting can control those populations.

At our 86th annual meeting, held at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, from 16 to 21 June 2006, the membership, with >500 members in attendance, approved a resolution (enclosed) on the Harvest of Wolves in Alaska with no dissenting votes. That resolution was published in the December 2006 issue of the Jaumal of Mammalogy.

We believe that your interests in wildlife and the start of your new administration offer opportunities to improve regulations related to the harvest ofthese unique large mammals.

The American Society ofMammalogists strongly encourages the State of Alaska to actively gather data necessary to engage in management practices that will result in sustained populations
ofIarge mammals, including both predators and their prey, and protect healthy functioning ecological systems.

Respectfully yours,

American Society of Mammalogists Resolutions Committee,

Chair
Dr. Rooert M. Timm, President
American Society ofMammalogists