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Alaska Board of Game approves petition for emergency predator control

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A young adult brown bear walks in front of a forested area in Katmai National Park and Preserve on June 16, 2018. (R. Taylor/National Park Service) The Alaska Board of Game on Thursday approved state officials’ request to continue a controversial predator control program in Western Alaska, even though a judge ruled two weeks ago that the bear-killing program violated the state constitution. The board granted an Alaska Department of Fish and Game…

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A young adult brown bear walks in front of a forested area in Katmai National Park and Preserve on June 16, 2018. The Alaska Board of Game approved an emergency regulation allowing the Department of Fish and Game to conduct a third season of predator control to kill bears in the area of Western Alaska used by the ailing Mulchatna Caribou Herd. Critics of the program believe it puts Katmai bears at risk. (Photo by R. Taylor/National Park Service)…

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