保护团体起诉阿拉斯加, 要求杀熊计划 以刺激驯鹿, 称它非法和不健全。 Conservation groups sue Alaska over bear-killing program to boost caribou, calling it unlawful and unsound.

保护团体已经起诉阿拉斯加州的一项计划 允许杀死棕熊和黑熊 帮助恢复正在下降的穆恰特纳驯鹿群 Conservation groups have sued Alaska over a state program allowing the killing of brown and black bears to help restore the declining Mulchatna caribou herd. 由阿拉斯加野生生物联盟和生物多样性中心提起的诉讼认为,该方案缺乏科学支持,违反了宪法原则,并授予渔业和狩猎部不受限制的权力,在大约相当于印第安纳面积的1 200平方英里地区消除熊,而没有人口可持续性数据。 The lawsuit, filed by the Alaska Wildlife Alliance and the Center for Biological Diversity, argues the program lacks scientific support, violates constitutional principles, and grants the Department of Fish and Game unchecked authority to eliminate bears across a 1,200-square-mile area—roughly the size of Indiana—without population sustainability data. 自2023年以来,180只熊(主要是棕熊)被杀害,包括所有在关键切口区死亡的熊。 Since 2023, 180 bears, mostly brown bears, have been killed, including all in a key calving zone. 国家坚持掠夺是驯鹿恢复的主要障碍,并援引空中勘察得出的小牛对牛比率的改善。 The state maintains predation is the primary barrier to caribou recovery and cites improved calf-to-cow ratios from aerial surveys. 然而,先前的一家法院裁定,由于数据不足,该方案的程序存在缺陷,而目前的计划纳入了以前无效的内容。 However, a prior court ruled the program’s process flawed due to insufficient data, and the current plan incorporates previously invalidated elements. 2028年,该方案被重新授权,引发了对其合法性和生态影响的法律质疑。 The program was reauthorized through 2028, prompting the legal challenge over its legality and ecological impact.