Judge considers request to halt controversial bear cull in Western Alaska

By: Yereth Rosen

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: May 4, 2026

Words: 814

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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With the Alaska Department of Fish and Game poised to start culling bears in a program to boost the population of a depleted caribou herd, critics have asked a state judge to block the program before the shooting begins.

The Alaska Wildlife Alliance is seeking an injunction to prevent the department from resuming a controversial predator control program in 40,000 square miles of state land east of the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge and west …

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