The state program employs helicopters and small planes to shoot black and brown bears of any age in a large area of southwestern Alaska. Two conservation groups have sued to stop it.
The state program employs helicopters and small planes to shoot black and brown bears of any age in a large area of southwestern Alaska. Two conservation groups have sued to stop it.
Brown bears in Alaska. The state culls bears in the spring, during the caribou calving season. Nearly 200 bears were killed between 2023 and 2025, according to a lawsuit from two conservation groups.
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