Center for Biological Diversity 40d ago

Bad news: An Alaska Superior Court just ruled that the state can continue its Mulchatna bear control program and kill an unlimited number of black and brown bears across roughly 40,000 square miles of southwest Alaska this summer. The state claims it’s to boost a struggling caribou herd, but there is no scientific evidence that shows killing bears will help. “This unlawful plan has irreversible consequences, and I’m concerned that state game agents could start killing bears before this case is resolved,” said Cooper Freeman, Alaska director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “We want to see the caribou herd thrive, but the state simply hasn’t shown that the unrestrained killing of bears is going to help us get there. We need to stop this disgraceful waste of the state’s limited resources and work based on science to protect all our wildlife.” We’ve teamed up with Alaska Wildlife Alliance to do all that we can to stop this program. Share this video and support the Center’s Alaska team in this fight. [Video description: A woman in a car expresses the dire situation for bears in Alaska. A press release appears on screen confirming the facts, and a brown bear jumps into fresh water.]