Boycott Alaska

March 10, 2010

Please sign this petition:

Dear Gov. Parnell: I have joined Friends of Animals’ travel boycott; please step in now to stop Alaska from controlling wolves through any and all state permits or proposals — and that includes stripping the buffer zone around Denali National Park.

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Thank you.

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Boycott Alaska Until The State Stops Targeting Wolves

March 08, 2010

Friends of Animals Declares a Boycott of Travel to Alaska in the 2010 Tourist Season, calling groups and individuals to join.

INFORMATION

The area around Denali National Park has just been opened to wolf hunters and trappers. Last Friday (5 March 2010), the state’s Board of Game voted to erase the park’s protective zone, as reported in the Anchorage Daily News, and approved opening the northeast periphery of the Denali National Park and Preserve for wolf trapping.

The 4-3 vote, over vigorous opposition of those who wanted the wolves protected, eliminates the current buffer zone that forbids trapping.

“The state’s decision is obnoxious,” said Friends of Animals’ president Priscilla Feral. “And it contradicts what the park authorities had asked for. Federal officials had recommended expanding the buffer zone to protect wolves naturally wandering outside the park’s boundaries.”

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Boycott travel to Alaska in Summer 2010

March 06, 2010

Press for other groups and individuals to join.
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Area around Denali opened to wolf hunters
TRAPPERS: Game board votes to erase park’s protective zone.

The Anchorage Daily News

By MEGAN HOLLAND

Published: 6 March 2010

The Alaska Board of Game on Friday approved opening the northeast periphery of the Denali National Park and Preserve for wolf trapping.

The 4-3 vote, over vigorous opposition of those who wanted the wolves protected, eliminates the current “buffer zone” outside of park lands in which wolf trapping was prohibited.

The decision swings in the opposite direction of what park authorities had asked for. The federal authorities had recommended expanding the buffer zone to protect the wolves that wander outside the park’s boundaries. Those particular wolves are the ones typically seen by busloads of tourists who visit the park every summer.

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Help Protect Canada’s Polar Bears

March 04, 2010

Canada’s polar bears are already threatened in numerous ways, and now Canada plans to oppose the motion to protect them at the CITES summit beginning March 13th in Qatar. Action is needed!

Please review our Media Release and Action Alert for more background information, send our action postcard, and please feel free to post your comments below.

Next, select the appropriate ACTION ITEM if you’re a Canadian or Non-Canadian:

• Canadian Action Request
• International Action Request

Thank you for taking a stand today for polar bears.

Dave Shishkoff
Canadian Correspondent
Victoria, BC
Friends of Animals

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