Tyvärr Kim, jag kan inte hitta något om att man i Alaska och Canada ser vargen ungefär som ett ogräs, i princip omöjligt att bekämpa. Utan i både i Alaska och Cananda är det förbjudet att skjuta varg, men precis som i Sverige så sker det en olaglig jakt på varg, där man går så långt att man lägger ut gift för att ta död på vargen...
Hur det är med Ryssland det vet jag ej
bob
Vet inte var du fått informationen att vargjakt skulle vara förbjudet i Alaska? Gjorde en snabb googling och på den första kontrollerade länken (wikipedia) stod det så här om vargjakt i nordamerika. Tydligen får man på ställen i t ex Canada t o m 300 $ per dödad varg i skottpengar och året runt jakt tillåts. Och i Alaska har de tydligen vargkontrollprogram igång för att minska stammarna.
North America
In Alaska, it is illegal to shoot a wolf with a rim-fire rifle because wolves are classified as big game.[50] The state predator control program includes aerial shooting. In 2007 state biologists' goal was to have volunteer hunters kill 407 to 680 wolves by the time the predator-control season ended April 30, but high fuel prices and poor flying conditions kept hunters from meeting that goal. A subsidy of $150 per wolf offered by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game was overturned by a judge on the grounds that only the Board of Game had the power to offer bounties.[51] Despite relatively heavy hunting and trapping over the last century in Alaska, wolves occur on nearly all of their traditional habitat throughout mainland Alaska.[52] Alaska currently has five wolf control programs that comprise about 9.4% of the state's land area. A closely controlled permit system is used in allowing aerial or airborne methods to remove wolves in designated areas. Wolf numbers are temporarily reduced in these areas, but are not permanently eliminated from any area.[53] Wolf populations in North America commonly sustain annual harvests or natural mortality rates of 20-40% without experiencing a year-to year decline in numbers.[52] Sarah Palin of Alaska in 2007 approved the use of this provision in the law to shoot wolves and bears while flying for the purpose of protection of property.[54]
Many scientists believe that this artificial inflation of game populations is actually detrimental to both caribou and moose populations as well as the ecosystem as a whole; artificially-boosted populations "could result in habitat destruction by moose and caribou, and ultimately, a crash in these populations." [55] This is why large numbers of people support the Protect America’s Wildlife (PAW) Act which was proposed to Congress by George Miller, the state representative of California in July 2009. This legislation has already received official support from nine former members of Alaska’s Board of Game and Wildlife and conservation groups, including Defenders of Wildlife. According to Miller, “The state of Alaska has been operating an airborne hunting program that has blatantly ignored federal law, ignored Alaskans’ opposition, ignored the science, and ignored even their own wildlife experts. It’s time to ground this air assault on wolves. The PAW Act is urgently needed to close the loophole in federal law and protect our nation’s wildlife from the unethical and unsportsmanlike practice of airborne hunting.” [56] The PAW Act has been created to close the loophole in the existing Airborne Hunting Act that has allowed Alaska legislators and officials to continue to aerial hunt. The bill would clarify under which conditions it is acceptable to use aircraft to aid in the management of wildlife. It would bar states from using aerial hunting to artificially boost game species when they are not at risk and to clarify the prohibition of harassing animals from planes which is part of the “land and shoot” hunting that is being utilized in Alaska. The PAW Act acknowledges the right of states to manage wildlife by clearly stating that wildlife agencies may use planes to respond to legitimate biological emergencies in wildlife populations. It also states that aircraft may be used for animal control where land, livestock, water, pets, crops, or human health are at risk.[55]
An estimated 15% of Canada and Alaska's wolf population of 6,000-7,000 is harvested annually. Ontario ceased its wolf bounty system in 1972, though retaining a year round open season for wolves.[2] In Alberta, wolves bounties are still offered by some local governments. Starting in 2010, the Municipal District of Big Lakes offered a bounty of C$300 per adult wolf, leading to 290 wolves worth $87,000 by mid-2012.[57]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_hunting#North_America