Aerial Wolf Hunt Begins

Aerial Wolf Hunt Begins
by Leslie Kaufmann
New York Times
March 16, 2010

On Tuesday, the authorities near the Yukon-Alaska border began an aerial wolf hunt to preserve the caribou population for shooting by hunters. The wolves are predators of the caribou, which have a total population of 46,500. The government plans to kill 185 wolves, or 80% of the population and have regularly done so since 2006.