PCR Exhibits - Alaska State of Corruption
PCR Exhibits - Alaska State of Corruption
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Aerial wolf hunting is about fish and game management and providing more moose for hunters.<br />
It’s about cutting competition at the top <strong>of</strong> the food chain. It is not about fair chase. But that<br />
doesn’t mean it’s management without rules. Those entrusted with this job must be law-abiding<br />
<strong>Alaska</strong>n’s who know what they’re doing and why – and know when to stop.<br />
Violators should pay a stiff price.<br />
Trooper Who Caught Accused Wolf Poachers Should Get<br />
Commendation<br />
Anchorage Daily News<br />
November 14, 2004<br />
It will very interesting to see how the state handles the case <strong>of</strong> David Haeg and Tony Zellers, the<br />
two men charged with killing at least nine wolves outside the predator control area, one 80 miles<br />
outside, leaving wolves to rot after killing them, and catching wolverines out <strong>of</strong> season (“Aerial<br />
wolf hunters face charges,” Nov. 10).<br />
We will be watching.<br />
<strong>Alaska</strong>’s wolf-control program deserves to be killed itself<br />
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner<br />
November 23, 2004<br />
The unlawful wolf-killings that prompted the criminal charges imposed on one <strong>of</strong> three hunterpilot<br />
teams permitted by the state to shoot wolves near McGrath is utterly predictable. Permitholders<br />
may well view the shooting opportunity as open-ended, and go anywhere to kill wolves.<br />
It’s lucky that David Haeg and Tony Zellers were caught.<br />
Originally, the McGrath area included 1,700 sq. miles. Wolf killers couldn’t find any wolves in<br />
this area despite <strong>Alaska</strong>’s Department <strong>of</strong> Fish and Game’s (ADF&G’s) assurances that the area<br />
contained too many wolves, so ADF&G expanded the control area to provide wolves to kill.<br />
The latest control program to be authorized for the Fortymile region may illustrate better than<br />
any others the state’s dishonesty. From 1997-2001, the state completed a so-called non-lethal<br />
wolf control program in that region in which wolves were sterilized and relocated. The<br />
promotions surrounding that effort promised that if caribou numbers increased to the specified<br />
objective, wolf numbers would be allowed to not only recover but increase above their precontrol<br />
level. Fat chance. Although caribou numbers have increased beyond the objective, the<br />
state is reneging on its promise and is replacing it with yet another aerial control program.<br />
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