When I heard about Alaska’s aerial hunting policy, I remembered a tour I was given at the Carnivore Preservation Trust in North Carolina. Our tour guide mentioned a reintroduction of wolves in an area where wolves had been eradicated. The hunters in this area were shooting more trophy bucks, and there were reports of healthier herds following the reintroduction. Our informed tour guide said that this was a result of the wolves targeting the weaker or sicker of the herds.  This in turn leads to more resources for the stronger and healthier to thrive strengthening both predator and prey. This is one small example of the interconnectedness of all life in an ecosystem. It is this interconnectedness that makes the idea of killing packs of wolves and bears from aircraft very disturbing. Maybe they’ll get some type of biologist or scientist of any merit in Alaska but for now we have the Defenders of Wildlife. Please sign their petitions, donate what you can if you can. Become informed, so you can go out and inform. I would have not been privy to this horror had someone not told me. There are good people who will know this is wrong, but first they need to know it is happening.  

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