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End Aerial Wolf Hunting - Short Version

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Explosive new video, now in a short, 4+ minute version, blasts the justification for Alaskas current aerial wolf hunting program and rallies voters to end it. Using testimony from a Board of Game member, this video exposes the fallacy behind Governor Sarah Palins claim that predator control is based on sound science. Declarations that the program is for the benefit of subsistence hunters are shattered with documentation showing that sport and trophy hunters take up to 73% of prey in areas where aerial wolf hunting has taken place. End Aerial Wolf Hunting - Short Version rallies support for H.R. 3663, legislation now being considered in the U.S. Congress which will close the loophole in the Federal Airborne Hunting Act that has been exploited to allow this practice to continue. Five years in the making, this video exposes the truth about the stranglehold the hunting lobby has on wildlife management in Alaska.
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dorothyk
  • video added January 21, 2008

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    Interesting subject, I would have like to see it presented in a more interesting way. I want to see interviews with the people that matter concerning the issue. It is all about man's inability to balance their concerns with the concerns of nature. I think it is a more complicated manner than you present and is deserving of more in depth discussion.

    NoShow
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    Dear NoShow. Thank you for your response. Yes, it is a complicated matter and deserving of more in depth discussion. The title of this video is End Aerial Wolf Hunting Short Version. I hoped the title would encourage people to look up the full 10 minute video. Please see http://current.com/items/88811075_end_aerial_wolf_hunting and then go to http://www.alaskawolfkill.com for a copy of the full transcript including links to all supporting documentation. You might also be interested in the letter we sent to Representative George Miller that details the background leading up to the creation of the PAW Act, including proof of a (Alaska state) government cover-up: http://www.alaskawolfkill.com/Rep_Miller_Letter.html As far as your comment, "I want to see interviews with the people that matter concerning the issue," I thought the testimony of people who mattered (Board of Game member Ben Grussendorf and testimony by Master Hunting Guide Phil Driver and ADF&G Regional Director Jeff Hughes on the 10 minute version, was more powerful.) Also, I am a wildlife photographer/videographer, not a reporter. I never intended to use the Board of Game film, selected from over 200 hours of footage, for a video. I have filmed the Board of Game meetings since 2002 instead of taking notes for a book project, and all I intended it for was for reference for my book. You do the best you can with what you've got... Again, thank you for taking the time to view the video and comment. I appreciate it.

    dorothyk
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    Well wolves do need to be saved but we shouldn't just stop it put a law against it!!!! We need to speak up do something about it! Wolves are beautiful animals! SAVE THEM!!! :)

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