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> > . Otherwise, why would Alaska have wolf control programs to increase
> > the numbers of moose for hunters to shoot?
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> Money. These are also large enough numbers of "hunters" from Chicago and
> Stuttgart etc. I've not heard that the locals (aboriginal Americans)
> ever thought of killing wolves. Didn't need to. I bet the locals think
> "crazy white man" while they earn lots $ for guiding.
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Native Alaskans did kill wolves. The fur was important for clothing needs, and if you take the
animal, you eat the animal. These days, wolves aren't killed for food. They are killed so that
more moose live to be killed by humans. And no, I don't believe it is an influence hunters from
Illinois or Germany. Military folks who hunt while stationed in Alaska are much greater in
number than other Outsiders, and they get in-state licenses. A state senator has equated
moose to an agricultural resource that should be cultivated by whatever means necessary to
ensure adequate numbers for hunters.
Alaska Natives aren't thinking about "crazy white man." That's a left-over notion from
spaghetti westerns. They are concerned about ensuring that the amount of game and fish
allocated for subsistence hunting and fishing is adequate for their needs. (And subsistence
hunting is not limited to indigenous peoples.) There is an advocacy effort for Alaska Natives
to return to eating more of their ancestral foods for health reasons.
> ps Wolves are supposed to eat mostly mice ws
Someone forgot to teach that to moose in Alaska's Interior. No mice here to eat. Shrews and
voles are even smaller, so take more effort to catch enough for sustenance.
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