Comments on: EarthTalk: On Aerial Wolf Hunting In Alaska.

By: R4i

R4i — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:21:05 +0000

Oh, come on – as long as Palin is in government, stop dreaming, Nigel

By: Nigel

Nigel — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:24:57 +0000

Surely there must have been a way that the local government could have convinced people that the wolf population needs culling? If game animals (i.e. legitimate hunting animals) were that abundant, it would be blatantly obvious to Alaskans that this was a ploy and the claims were untrue. How is it possible to dupe everyone, so to speak?

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:15:38 +0000

Wolf meat is not edible by humans. They do not use anything off the animal. It is nothing BUT sport to them. They “claim” to control population, but the carribou the wolves hunt outnumber the wolves 20 fold and there are only 6000 grey wolves (and dropping) in alaska, about 8000 in the US at all and only about 12,000 in the entire world. They are dwindling down to extinction. If the grey wolves were THAT big of a menace to their own lives in alaska, then relocate them. Don’t drive a species into extinction for your own sick twisted pleasure. I have no issues with hunting for survival or food, but again, these wolves can’t be used for either.

Number of Grey wolves worldwide – 12,000.
Number of DOGS worldwide – About 2 BILLION.
Number of Wolf attacks in 2000 years – 350; includes livestock and people (85% of human attacks the wolf was provoked by the human)
Number of DOG attacks per YEAR – 4.7 MILLION. (77% were unprovoked and family or friends pet)

(I would never condone the following) It seems to me Dogs are FAR more lethal than wolves. Why don’t they hunt dogs then and not wolves? (again, I would NEVER wish that at all, just for comparison sake)

By: David

David — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:51:10 +0000

I agree – I don’t necessarily have a problem with hunting for food, but like you said, this is akin to hunting deer with a machine gun. I hope it stops soon, or at least moves onto the ground.