Hallo,
wer die Nachrichten aus Alaska verfolgt, dem ist auch bestimmt die Diskussion über eine Erweiterung der Wolfsjagderlaubnis nicht ergangen. Viele Alaskaner sind darüber nicht sehr glücklich. Hier ein Artikel aus der New York Times zu dem Thema:
March 14, 2004
Wolf 'Control' in Alaska
In Alaska, the wolf wars have taken a sobering turn for the worse. For
30 years hunting lobbyists have campaigned for what is euphemistically
called wolf "control." Thanks to the compliance of Gov. Frank Murkowski
and the state's official game board, the legal protections for Alaska's
7,000 to 9,000 wolves have been seriously eroded. In nearly 20,000
square miles of the state it is now legal for private citizens to shoot
wolves from airplanes and helicopters. In one district the limit has
been increased from 10 wolves a year to 10 wolves a day.
In these districts, the new regulations call for an 80 percent
"temporary" reduction in the wolf population. But a reduction on that
scale is merely likely to be the first step towards the total
elimination of wolves. This isn't sport hunting — there's nothing
sporting about deploying an air force to hunt animals. ... gespeichert
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