Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Caribou News Aug 11

Our view: Caribou case
Anchorage Daily News
The Point Hope residents charged in the infamous mass killing of caribou are of course innocent until proven guilty. They are entitled to mount a vigorous ...
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Unpalatable claim
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Some residents of Point Hope and their defenders claim many of the 100-plus caribou shot by a few villagers during a hunt last summer appeared to be sick ...
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Pt. Hope must speak out against caribou slaughter
Alaska Dispatch
OPINION: One photograph says all that need be said about the caribou slaughter now pitting Point Hope hunters and the North Slope Borough against Alaska ...
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Hunters can apply to take caribou for sharing
Anchorage Daily News
GLENNALLEN -- Applications are being taken until noon Sunday for 30 community sharing permits to hunt Nelchina caribou as a designated hunter in state game ...
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Point Hope hunters accused of waste
Alaska Dispatch
Troopers allege the men indiscriminately slaughtered 100 caribou on July 4, 2008, and left behind 37 carcasses. Troopers took 8 months to investigate and ...
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Alaska town pays legal bills to defend caribou hunters | McClatchy
The move marks an escalation in what has become a clash of cultures between the state and the Arctic hunters involved in the case.

Chisana Caribou. Caribou: D: Deer: E: Elk: G: Mt.
It passes a stunning landscape of dynamic alpine glaciers, and includes a portion of the chisana caribou herd range, numerous rare plant species and ...