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Opinion: Lamenting the state’s kill of Wood-Tikchik Park bears

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Read Bill Sherwonit’s latest Opinion piece in the Anchorage Daily News.

OPINION: Lamenting the state’s kill of Wood-Tikchik Park bears

By Bill Sherwonit

“It seems an exceedingly sad and lamentable thing to me, that the state can wage war on bears and wolves within a state park that was established, first and foremost, to protect and conserve the area’s fish and wildlife populations — and that it can do so within designated wilderness, no less. I believe that State Parks Director Ricky Gease could prevent the helicopter assault by withholding the necessary permit, but based on past actions, I’m sure that won’t happen.”
— Bill Sherwonit

Alaska Wildlife Alliance continues our work to hold the State accountable for shooting nearly 100 bears from helicopters last spring without any public or peer-reviewed scientific process. Learn more here.