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AK: Alaska authorities: Nothing illegal about killing of 10 wolves

FAIRBANKS—Photographs being distributed to news media and circulated on social media showing a man with the carcasses of 10 wolves he reportedly killed don’t show anything illegal, according to Alaska Wildlife Troopers.

The wolves were killed in a game management unit northwest of Paxson, according to a joint news release Tuesday from troopers and the Department of Fish and Game.

The photographs were referred to troopers by Rick Steiner, a leading and longtime opponent of wolf hunting in the area adjacent to Denali National National Park and Preserve. The news release from the two government agencies states that the wolves were killed about 70 miles east of the national park.

“Investigation has determined the animals were taken in Game Management Unit 13B and not in the Healy area as alleged,” the news release reads. “The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has confirmed the wolf hides were properly received and sealed at a regional office.”

“For the record, the state first told us they knew nothing whatsoever about this incident, then just today they admitted that indeed they’ve known about it since February,” he wrote in an email to the News-Miner. “I have pressed them for details on this since we first became aware of it, through an anonymous informant Saturday 3/31, and finally they confirmed just today that the incident occurred in (Game management unit) 13B.

“And again as I said, the location of this kill is largely irrelevant, as this is perfectly legal right along the entire park boundary, and shouldn’t be,” he wrote.

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