Alaska Game Board Maneuvers to Bring Back Wolf Control Program
Associated Press / January 25, 2006
Anchorage, Alaska — The state Board of Game rewrote its aerial wolf hunting regulations Wednesday in a move to revive a program deemed illegal by a judge last week.
Hunters could be back in the air before the weekend if Lt. Gov. Loren Lehman approves the revised guidelines Thursday, said Board of Game Chairman Mike Fleagle.
"We anticipate the plaintiffs will try to stop the program, but for now it will go back online," Fleagle said.
Friends of Animals, a Darien, Conn.-based animal rights group, has led the fight against the wolf-killin