State seizes 39 animals from a wildlife facility outside Haines

State seizes 39 animals from a wildlife facility outside Haines

The entrance to the Kroschel Films Wildlife Center, pictured above on June 27, 2025. (Avery Ellfeldt/KHNS) Steve Kroschel over the last two decades has offered tens of thousands of visitors close-up views of animals including wolves, moose – and a brown bear named Kitty. But on a walk through the Kroschel Films Wildlife Center in Mosquito Lake on Friday morning, the property was quiet. The animal enclosures appeared empty. Save one – it held a m…

Kroschel, staff, say close to 20 animals missing after raid on wildlife center - Chilkat Valley News

A moose from Steve Kroschel’s wildlife facility looks at Alaska FIsh and Game spokesperson Riley Woodford as it is removed from the property, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News) An abandoned mink, a wolf who died during a roundup, and a snowy owl who was euthanized after transport were among the dozens of animals caught in the middle of a years-long dispute over the conditions at a Mosquito Lake wildlife facility.  Staf…