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Alaska’s controversial aerial bear cull, aimed at boosting struggling caribou herds by targeting predators, has sparked fierce debate. Since 2023, over 68 bears have been killed in one season alone, bringing the four-year total to more than 250. While the state claims success through caribou population growth and frames the cull as a precise, necessary management tool, critics—including wildlife experts and environmental groups—call it wasteful, inhumane, and scientifically flawed. They argue predator control offers only short-term benefits and ignores larger ecological factors like habitat loss and disease. With millions spent and bear hides sold to fund the program, opponents warn this sets a dangerous precedent for future wildlife decisions, as the debate intensifies over ethics, effectiveness, and the future of conservation in Alaska.

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