Wolf Killng Begins in Alaska
Critter News
MARCH 17, 2009
The Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game hopes to kill up to 328 wolves in order to protect caribou calves. The LA Times Greenspace blog has the story.
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German Artist Wants to Kill Puppies to Protest Dog Killings
Critter News
MAY 7, 2012
An unidentified German actor has been stopped by Berlin’s administrative court, following his announcement that he planned to strangle two puppies with cable wires on stage to protest against the slaughter of sled dogs in Alaska and hunting dogs in Spain, with their death being accompanied by a funeral march music and loud gong.
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Signs of Spring Migration in Costa Rica
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2021
That unwanted yet predictable final bit of killing cold weather was and is why most of the colorful insectivores, the true birds of summer, remained far to the south until May. All the way to Alaska maybe? It was one last rebuttal from winter before finally being pushed back to the north by the growing winds of summer.
Ashley Judd Denounces Palin Wolf Killing Policies
Critter News
FEBRUARY 2, 2009
Here is a good commercial by Ashley Judd for Defenders of Wildlife on aerial wolf killing in Alaska.
Linda Hufford: A Rehabber Comments on “Collecting” Rare Birds
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2015
A number of years ago I was granted the privilege of flying into the Kuparuk Oil Field, above the Arctic Circle in the remote regions of the North Slope Borough in Alaska. The newest find of this extremely scarce bird was a male, and was “collected” (an innocent-sounding euphemism for “killed”) for the American Museum of Natural History.
Good News About Blue Whales
Critter News
MAY 18, 2009
Looks like blue whales may be coming back to Alaska. From the Associated Press: Blue whales are returning to Alaska in search of food and could be re-establishing an old migration route several decades after they were nearly wiped out by commercial whalers, scientists say. Here's hoping Sarah Palin leaves them alone.
DDT, oil spills, and a wall.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 18, 2018
When news later reached our little town (likely through a newspaper) that the bird-killing chemical was to be banned, my environmental activism was born. Eleven million gallons of oil suffocated 1,300 miles of shoreline in my beloved Alaska. Fast forward to the next decade and humans were at it again.
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