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Alaska Board of Game Delays Considering More Bear Snaring
The Associated PressThe Alaska Board of Game will not expand the use of snares to kill grizzly and black bears, for now. On Tuesday, the board delayed a decision on snares as a means of predator control to protect moose calves. Snaring of black bears is now limited to an... -
Corey Rossi Resigns After Being Charged in Illegal Black Bear Kills
Channel 2 NewsCorey Rossi, the director of the Alaska Division of Wildlife Conservation, has resigned after he was charged Thursday with a dozen misdemeanor counts related to illegal bear kills allegedly made during hunts he guided in 2008. Alaska Department of Fish...Tags: Career and Workplace, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Trials, Natural Resources
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A Bear¿s Eye View: A Day in the Life of a Bear
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How To Neuter a Brown Bear
Channel 2 NewsThe Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center in Portage, Alaska neutered a brown bear cub named Taquka in November. The yearling cub was orphaned on Kodiak and then darted in AWWC’s 18 acre enclosure, which is the largest captive habitat for brown...Tags: Natural Resources, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Endangered Species, Wildlife
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6-year-old boy recollects moose attack
Channel 2 NewsAttacked by a moose and knocked unconscious. After several days in the hospital, a 6-year-old boy is back home on the road to recovery from injuries he suffered during a terrifying experience two weeks ago. Michael Barnes is taking a break from school...Tags: Head Injuries, Skull Fracture, Alaska, Brain, Dog (animal)
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Moose Safety Tips for Children
Moose Safety Tips for Children: - With young children, keep them near at all times so they don’t walk or run ahead and come across a moose. Remind older children to be on the lookout for moose. - When hiking, skiing or recreating in moose...Tags: Alaska, Government, Safety of Citizens, Politics
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Don Young Wants Polar Bear Hide Imports Legalized
Channel 2 NewsCongressman Don Young is reintroducing legislation that would allow hunters to import polar bear hides legally killed in Canada. When polar bears were declared threatened three years ago, it became illegal to import hides. The listing impacted about...Tags: Alaska
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Deadline nears for decision on walrus listing
The Associated PressThe federal Marine Mammal Commission has recommended that Pacific walrus be listed as threatened or endangered, citing threats to the marine mammal from the loss of sea ice they rely on for foraging and giving birth. The recommendation comes as the U.S....Tags: Global Warming, Weather, Environmental Issues, Dirk Kempthorne, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Native groups to sue over polar bear protection
Native groups are intending to sue over Endangered Species Act protections for polar bears. The Arctic Slope Regional Corporation is leading a coalition of Native groups that feel the federal government ignored their concerns when it designated critical...Tags: Nature, Alaska, Natural Resources, U.S. Department of the Interior, Politics
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Alaska Zoo celebrates polar bears' birthday
The Alaska Zoo held a birthday party Saturday for a pair of its polar bears. The zoo treated resident polar bears Ahpun and Louie to a big present during the celebration -- a bear-sized birthday cake, which zoo visitors could watch them enjoy.
Ahpun came...Tags: Alaska, Human Interest
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Interior Dept. attacked for not protecting polar bears
Channel 2 NewsThe Center for Biological Diversity gave formal notice Thursday, saying the Interior Department is not protecting polar bears. The Center sent the notification to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, which is a requirement before a lawsuit can be filed....Tags: Nature, Alaska, Natural Resources, U.S. Department of the Interior, Ken Salazar
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Don Young wants to delist polar bears
Alaska's only U.S. representative has introduced legislation to delist polar bears as a threatened species. Republican Don Young says in a prepared statement that listing an animal as threatened despite its increasing populations is absurd and...Tags: Alaska, Dirk Kempthorne, Hunting, Politics, Don Young
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