On April 30, 2005, the state of Alaska concluded its second aerial wolf-shooting program, killing 276 wolves between November 2004 and April, 2005. Since the program began in November, 2003, hunters have killed a total of 420 wolves.
Friends of Animals and our organizers across the country and around the world have held 231 Howl-In protest during the two seasons of wolf control. People have joined Friends of Animals and our organizers in 40 states, the District of Columbia, Germany, Japan, Great Britain, Spain, and South Africa to protest Alaska’s disgraceful conduct.
Participants and supporters have signed postcards pledging to boycott Alaska’s $2 billion-a-year tourism industry until the state calls off the aerial wolf-shooting scheme. To date, Friends of Animals has distributed more than 470,000 of these postcards.
To spread the word, Friends of Animals advertisements have appeared in The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Mother Jones Magazine, The Nation, USA Today, the New Jersey Star Ledger, and other publications. We also have a compelling, 60-second TV spot that can be viewed on our website.
Persistence will be the key to ending aerial predator control programs. We continue to challenge the legality of Alaska’s wolf-killing program in the Superior Court in Anchorage. Please write Gov. Murkowski and tell him you’ll boycott travel to Alaska until his wolf control campaign ends.
Address:
Gov. Frank Murkowski
P.O. Box 11001
Juneau, AK 99811
E-mail:
governor@gov.state.ak.us
Phone:
907-465-3500
Fax:
907-465-3532
Kindly support a tourism boycott of Alaska to put economic pressure on the people responsible for establishing the killing policy: the Murkowski administration. Your financial contributions to FoA strengthen our efforts to empower Alaska’s wolves.