Political Jackass

Okay, I admit the subject line is sensational, slightly.

How about: Under Palin’s leadership, the State of Alaska Game Board shoots wolf puppies, a practice outlawed for decades.

That sentence, however, is a bit long for a subject header, so it needs to be shortened. “Palin Shoots Puppies” seems pretty accurate.

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Quotes

“State wildlife biologists killed 14 wolf pups on the Alaska Peninsula as part of a predator control program to help a struggling caribou herd.”

“The department won Board of Game approval to shoot wolves from a helicopter on the herd’s spring calving grounds.”

“The state issued a press release June 27 about killing wolves but made no mention of killing pups, only that “wolves from three packs were shot from a helicopter by Alaska Department of Fish and Game staff.”"

“Wildlife scientist Gordon Haber, who often criticizes the department’s wolf control programs, noted the pup killings on his Web site.”

“‘They understood how strongly most people would react at the thought of state employees helicoptering to a couple of natal dens and, after killing the adult wolves, grabbing (14) frightened young pups and one-by-one blowing their brains out with a pistol,’ Haber wrote in his blog.”

“Killing pups in dens was a traditional method used by Alaska Natives to control wolf populations. It has been outlawed for decades”