Ashley Judd Says Control Palin, Not Predators
Ashley Judd is headlining a new commercial for the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund. The commercial attacks Sarah Palin's support of a state program that encourages the aerial killing of Alaskan wolves.
The policy is meant to balance out the predator/ prey populations in Alaska, particularly to sustain moose and caribou populations for hunting, according to Palin.
Palin claims that Defenders of Wildlife is using her, and her office, as a fundraising tool, unfairly. She also says that the predator control program is scientifically based and important. The Alaska Wildlife Alliance argues, to the contrary, that
The policy is meant to balance out the predator/ prey populations in Alaska, particularly to sustain moose and caribou populations for hunting, according to Palin.
Palin claims that Defenders of Wildlife is using her, and her office, as a fundraising tool, unfairly. She also says that the predator control program is scientifically based and important. The Alaska Wildlife Alliance argues, to the contrary, that
Alaska's current predator control programs are clearly not based on sound biological science, nor is there any requirement that sound science must provide the basis for designing, implementing, and monitoring predator control. Furthermore, within Alaska, there is no general agreement among hunters, wildlife biologists, and policy makers as to what constitutes sound science. As a result, the current programs are based mainly on political science and are strongly endorsed by the governor who vows to continue them.Judd says that Palin is "casting aside science and championing the slaughter of wildlife." Maybe if we take wolves off the endangered species list some places, and shoot them other places, Goldilocks and the caribou will finally be safe.
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