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A few days ago the organization Defenders of Wildlife launched a video of Ashley Judd decrying Sarah Palin's advocacy of aerial wolf-hunting. The video is part of a campaign "dedicated to exposing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's anti-conservation agenda."
Now, Sarah Palin is firing back. In a statement released yesterday, the woman oft-referred-to as "Caribou Barbie" declared Defenders of Wildlife an "extreme fringe group" and chastised them for "twisting the truth" and trying to raise money for their cause from cash-strapped Americans.
"The ad campaign by this extreme fringe group, as Alaskans have witnessed over the last several years, distorts the facts about Alaska's wildlife management programs.
"Alaskans depend on wildlife for food and cultural practices which can't be sustained when predators are allowed to decimate moose and caribou populations. Our predator control programs are scientific and successful at protecting vulnerable wildlife.
"Shame on the Defenders of Wildlife for twisting the truth in an effort to raise funds from innocent and hard-pressed Americans struggling with these rough economic times."
It's no secret that Sarah Palin isn't the biggest supporter of environmentalist causes - she recently redoubled her efforts to open up the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge to oil-drilling. But is this wolf-hunting actually a necessary evil to keep the population under control and things in balance?
According to the Defenders of Wildlife's anti-Palin site EyeonPalin.org, "Palin offered a $150 bounty for wolves to entice hunters to kill more wolves in certain parts of the state, with hunters having to present a wolf's foreleg to collect the bounty." They also dispute Palin's claim that she supports "predator management" via aerial-hunting because "Alaskans need to hunt for food" - if that's true, they ask, then why are sportspeople the ones who support wolf-hunting and not advocates for the poor and hungry? And why are out-of-state hunters allowed to compete with Alaskan hunters for the "food?"
Those sound like good questions to me. But what I really want to know is ... why Ashley Judd?
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As I understand it, wolves were decimating the numbers of caribou, moose, and deer. Those who hunt the predatory wolves allow the caribou, moose, and deer populations to expand. So, why would it matter where the wolf hunters come from?
Of course there are protein alternatives, but what is your point? Allow wolves to kill even more prey? Maybe young caribou would prefer to be killed with a bullet than ripped apart by a wolf.
Personally, I don't eat beef, but I don't want to impose my views about not slaughtering cows on others.
I'm with you 100%. And yes, they could have used a more flattering picture of Gov. Palin as she is gorgeous and just as attractive as Miss. Judd. I am a former Alaskan and appreciate the fight Gov. Palin had/has on her hands. And I am a supporter of hers. I understand all about predation and know that it is meant to sustain future wolf populations as well as moose and caribou. Having said that, I will not however get into any cat fights about who is right or hypocritical. I am not trying to change anyone's mind or position. We ALL have a right to our opinions and they should be respected. By the way, you should try moose steaks. A native Eskimo family was so kind as to invite me over to dinner one day and shared some with me. Yummy!
A raft of scientists has argued that Palin has provided little evidence that the current program of systematically killing wolves, estimated at a population of 7,000 to 11,000, will result in more moose for hunters. State estimates of moose populations have come under scrutiny. Some wildlife biologists say predator control advocates don't even understand what wolves eat and are concerned that her methods are endangering both wolves and moose.
She is undaunted by facts and ignores the long held understanding dating to the 1920s that wolves are important to Alaska's ecology. She introduced legislation that would transfer authority over the program from the state Department of Fish and Game to Alaska's Board of Game, whose members are appointed by her, so that she would not have to deal with those who question her will. This is how she operates.
Palin edits science to support her personal views. She questions global warming and has endorsed teaching creationism is public schools. In my opinion, Palin is ruthless and wedded to ideology over information. This is a dangerous combination.
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