Litigation filed on April 6 in Alaska Superior Court in Anchorage would stop a state program to kill an unlimited number of brown and black bears in Southwest Alaska this summer.
The move for a preliminary injunction was filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and the Alaska Wildlife Alliance.
“The court has already ruled that this program is unlawful and that last summer the state carried it out ‘in bad faith,’” said Nicole Schmitt, executive director of the Alaska Wildlife Alliance. “In response, the state wrapped this unconstitutional program in the same tired packaging, with the same legal flaws. The facts remain that this program is not based on science, has no legitimate measures of success, and has cost the state more than $1 million in program and legal fees.”…