Did you know that wolves are being visciously slaughtered from airplanes in Alaska, just so hunters will have more caribu and elk to hunt? Isn't that absurd? The second season of aerial wolf gunning in Alaska ended this past spring. All told, 276 wolves were gunned down by shooters in aircraft in an effort to artificially boost moose and caribou populations for sport hunters. The Alaska Board of Game plans to allow aerial hunters to kill hundreds more wolves starting late fall, but thanks in part to Defenders' efforts, aerial wolf gunning will not be allowed on national park and national wildlife refuge lands in the state. The board also approved the baiting and killing of 80 grizzly bears along the Canadian border. Visit www.savealaskawolves.org to learn more