Judge Orders Halt to Wolf-Shooting Program
A Superior Court judge issued an order to temporarily prevent the shooting of wolves from airplanes under a state predator-control program.
The Darien, Conn.-based group Friends of Animals, along with seven Alaska plaintiffs, sought the temporary restraining order after the state issued three permits to allow pilot-and-hunter teams to shoot wolves in the McGrath area of Alaska.
Superior Court Judge Sharon L. Gleason, who issued the order, is scheduled to hear arguments next week on whether to issue a preliminary injunction sought by Friends of Animals to stop the program.
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