Aerial Hunting of Wolves in Alaska (short version)

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Each year, the state of Alaska permits private citizens to chase down and kill dozens of wolves using low-flying aircraft and high-powered rifles. Find out what you can do to stop this brutal and unnecessary killing.

Channel: Pets & Animals
Uploaded: September 19, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Author: defendersofwildlife

Length: 00:02:24
Rating: 4.39
Views: 235273

Tags: wolf wolves aerial gunning hunt hunting alaska

Video Comments:
theevilunholyzach (July 2, 2008 at 12:50 pm)
Get back to school and learn why populations of certain animals have to levelled from time to time.
roxywonder36 (July 1, 2008 at 9:34 pm)
And just so you know, ALASKA (the place arial killing is allowed) is a WILD area. the wolves live the way they SHOULD live there. Only people who want to kill for FUN kill wolves from the sky there.
please do MORE research. Don't JUST take it from the hunters point of view. LEARN for yourself.
roxywonder36 (July 1, 2008 at 9:33 pm)
Over population in a HUNTERS point of view is a lot different then over population in a NATURALISTS point of view. Montana is one of the FEW states that actually HAVE wolves, therefore the mere EXISTANCE of wolves could be considered a wolf-over population problem. I'd like you to expand on the 'problems with people" comment, as wolves generally STAY AWAY from people.
manheim2222 (July 1, 2008 at 11:39 am)
First of all, it's been illegal to shoot wolves from the air for about 10 years. Secondly, if the population of wolves is allowed to expand while the population of caribou and other prey is declining, the wolf population would collapse and suffer a slow starving death. The natural cycle is much more cruel than what this video presents.
xWolfxPoetx (July 1, 2008 at 1:24 am)
I don't see how people think they have the right to take the right of ANY animal. Nor do I see how any person could. Especially wolves. They're just so majestic and beautyiful.
Armlight9 (July 1, 2008 at 12:41 am)
OMG that's ridicolous (not the vid i mean killing wolves) is it a stupid "evolved" human revenge against this always feared and ""cruel"" animal or what? it's a stupid joke!!! i hope that this happens for the reason AmericanHunter1428 explained,if it doesn't ...well than it's really absurd..WHO THE HELL IS MAN TO INTERFERE WITH THE WILD???
sportbikeandhunter (June 30, 2008 at 5:50 am)
I hunt lots of animals, but i never can or will be able to bring myself to kill a wolf, unless it attacks me. I guess it jsut because my dogs are 90 some percent wolf
Sauxish (June 28, 2008 at 12:22 am)
I agree :)
Humans are the twisted heartless blood killers.
Not the wolves.
SweetSusiCat (June 27, 2008 at 5:55 pm)
Es una crueldad sin limites la de cazar animales!Matar solo por el gusto de sentirse
superior, por deporte o por que les gusta
matar! NO ! Hay que respetar a los animales
como a los seres humanos!
Great video!Stop killing animals!
belliebuttinlint (June 27, 2008 at 1:47 pm)
I'm pretty sure trying to kill a wolf with a bow would be much more unpleasant for the animal than being killed by a shotgun. I'm just saying, pretty inconsistent response.