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Why is Sarah so concerned about moose and caribou populations now when she wants to threaten the same animals in ANWAR with oil drilling and disruption?

There is nothing wrong with hunting as long as its for food and not for sport, what Palin is doing, is right and wrong aerial hunting is necessary and brutal, especially in the alaska tundra. most Alaskan native villages depend on the moose and caribou, along with fish and other food to get them through winter. the wolfpacks get to too large they will diminish the fresh game supply.

You Sarah bashers MAKE ME SICK

I live in Idaho, and know first hand, that the wolf population has grown way to big. I don't agree with hunting from aircraft, but do agree that they need to be controlled. They ARE killing livestock....family pets...etc.... The tree huggers were so intent on 'reintroducing' them, but had to plan for when they started over populating. Many people out here depend on elk and deer to put food on the table. The wolf population has made that even harder than it was. We have had to change our hunting area twice because the wolves have moved in and driven the elk out. We have now just given up.

Next time the tree huggers what to 'reintroduce' a predator, let them do it in the middle of New York. I hear the grizzle bear is next on their list.

The only "predator" decimating wildlife is Sarah Palin and her self-rightous, redneck, narrow-minded view of what an eco-system is.

It cracks me up how some of the neocon Republicans talk about being the party of family values and protecting life, but they think nothing of sending young people off to war or slaughtering animals like they're fish in a barrel. Kudos to Judd for speaking out against the barbaric behavior supported by Palin.

Hunting in a sporting way, that challenges the hunter while giving the quarry a fair chance – OK, if you must. But shooting a running animal from an aircraft is nothing more than sadistic bullying. It's not like the wolves are stealing and eating babies. If there's one thing Alaska has, it's plenty of room for anyone.

And can we please stop seeing "Palin" on the CNN.com home page? Please?

hey lisa, they allow it to protect the moose and caribou population, not for sport.

Good call Lisa M....I feel the same way.

Another self-important Hollywood moron that thinks people actually care about what they have to say.

Hunting wildlife should depend on need to reduce the particular animal's numbers, after good studies are done. It should not be done for fun or profit only. It is possible to romanticize animals until they start attacking us or decimating populations of other animals that we need to stay alive.

Just think, if Ashley would have put as much dedication into her movie roles, as she does targeting political groups, maybe she would have been successful. Then again, she never had a chance!

Lisa M –

Did you read the article, do you know the issue at all?

Alaskans hunt and eat (Think survive) on the Moose and Caribou. The wolves are killing off the moose and caribou herds.

Permits are given to keep the wolf population in check.

So do you support keeping the wolf population in check, or starving people? Or do you put political caveats in there, we'd allow this if it feeds Democrats, but not Republicans.

Ashly Judd is an ignorant and misinformed actress. The real reason she targets Sarah Palin is because she, like all other neo-feminists cannot stomach and attractive, conservative mother who believes in marriage, life and children. As a childless self-absorbed woman, I'm not surprised she has chosen to distort who Sarah Palin is in a very dishonest and uniformed way.

Hunting the "ole" fashion way is one thing, flying over them and shooting from a plane of helicopter is different. Let her/them hunt the way our ancestors did. On foot and out in the open. Fair game!

Let me hunt Palin from a helicopter and see if she changes her tune.

(Kevin in Ohio) --Either your with us or your against us, remember that famous quote? So I know in your comment, you mean't to say Right-wing...But, that's OK we'll forgive ya....

The campaign for which Judd is working is NOT about defending wolves. It's about trying to keep Sarah Palin out of national politics . . . which means that, for Ashley Judd and others, the real issue is keeping access to ABORTION

In other words, the "Defenders of Wildlife" is a front group for people who are the "Nondefenders of Human Life." Shame on them for not representing their REAL issue.

Hey Kevin, perverted is shooting animals in their native habitat and leaving the carcasses to rot. Wolves effectively cull weak and diseased and old individuals from herd animals, helping keep populations healthy and in check. Hard to imagine, I guess, from your own concrete and steel habitat there in Ohio.

And the only one using the word "hate" here is you.

Wolves do not feed on the healthy animals, but on the sick and the young. It is a natural process that keeps ungulate herds healthy and strong. Killing wolves has one purpose–to eliminate them as competition to human hunters. Killing wolves may slightly increase the numbers of caribou and moose, but only so that Alaska Fish and Game/Wildlife and hunting/sportsmen businesses can make more money and so sportsmen can go out and hunt instead of the wolves. It is another misguided attempt by ignorant humans to manage nature in an unhealthy way, and it will lead to future ecological problems that will negatively effect humans.

Palin is a fruit loop.

Aren't wolves important parts of the ecosystem? They are a natural predator, yes. But, they are needed. To allow hunters to decimate them, under the law, from the air (which is a cowardly way to hunt in my opinion) will just invite the endangerment of an entire species. If Ms. Palin thinks the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund are a fringe group, just wait until other conservationist and animal protection groups get on the band wagon to save the wolf population. Does she even think before she speaks?

Killing just to kill is wrong, no matter the excuse

This is not hunting, just killing – smart people find much better ways to entertain them selfs

Why are there so many who get a thrill from slaughtering animals, is it just to prove their men?

It only shows how shallow they really are

Guess that's just the nature of man

Who could possibly care what Ashley Judd thinks about anything? The process used in Alaska is used in other parts of the world and is welcomed by many conservationists as a reasonable way to control predators. Ashley and her PETA idiots can stuff their lettuce where the sun don't shine!

If I were Ashley Judd, I wouldn't be concerned about Sarah Palin's dismissal of her group as "a extreme fringe group". Except it kinda puts them in the same category as Sarah's Political Action Committee

Keep it up Ashley Judd.
Sarah ought to read Farley Mowat's autobiography or watch the movie
Never Cry Wolf
Caribou know how to defend themselves

Sarah represents the perverted fringe group!

Hmmm. I recognize a pattern here. If you disagree with Sara, you're a member of a "fringe" or "elite" group.

Why does she want to protect the moose so she can SHOOT them after she saves em? typical hypocrycy...Ii guess she is washington ready.

Give me a break, how much does it cost to take a helicopter out to hunt wolves? How much fuel do you burn through just to take out one of these dangerous predators.

Seems like an elitist sport to me and environmentally unforgivable...

Come on boys and girls! Lets fire up the old chopper and get us some of them there nasty wolves!

Now if we were a permitted to hunt politicians in the same fashion you might make a believer out of me. I'm pretty sure that Politicians do more to harm the environment and nature in general than wolves do.

"...when predators are allowed to decimate moose and caribou populations..." Predators like you, Ms. Palin? We all know how much you love that moose stew.

Aerial hunting of any animal should be banned. It's sick and inhumane.

here''s a thought, instead of killing wolves to save the caribou and moose population how about cutting back on the human hunting of caribou and moose. problem solved! i mean come on http://www.alaskacariboucamps.com/ does this type of hunting serve any more than a superficial purpose???

Ashley is a pin-head. She has no qualification even to be Sarah Palin's nanny. She should keep foxes as the pets in her home and worship them. She does not know Alaskan situation and just try to criticize our Governor of Alaska. get a life.

Like all actors – shut up unless your reading a script. We all have opinions but it seems if your on TV or a large screen you think your voice has more weight. Alaska has unique issues that rest of the country wouldn't understand. Seems to me Governor Palin is trying to keep the balance of Wildlife and is trying to save Caribou and Elk populations. Don't we all have bigger problems to tackle?

I'm in favor of Gov. Palin. While it's not easy to destroy any natural habitat of the forest, to preserve and protect our Caribou and Moose population, a decision had to be made and I firmly believe it's the correct decision.

Wolves and other hunters will do much more damage to the future wildlife and pose a greater threat to the safety and security of people and their property, including animals.

Ashley's got too much class for a no class wana be Alaskan
Ice Princes.
Give it up Sarah.

If you kill a Wolf/Bug/Bacteria is there a difference?

That of course is the question. Because if there isn't, this is right. If there is, then maybe its wrong? Of course I would rather have violent people hunt legally then illegally.

It;s too bad Hollywood liberals don't live in the real world. They can't even get over a popular vote defeat like Prop 8.

Fringe Group....hmmm....ok, all those who will be going an an aerial wolf hunt raise your hands...14,15,16...ok, now those who will NOtT same sign....100 mil, 200, mil, 300, mil...fringe group eh? I don't mind hunting, but if you are going to do it, do as inteneded, on foot, on the ground, and give the wolf a chance to either 1) get away or 2) eat Sarah Palin.

Sarah Palin's arrogance knows no boundaries. Since when is hunting from a helicopter or plane considered sport? I saw a video last fall of a beautiful white wolf running across a snowy field, a small plane in pursuit of the animal. Some low life in the aircraft shot the wolf and the remaining video showed the animal howling in pain, writhing in the snow with blood flying everywhere. All the while the Neanderthals in the plane having a grand old time watching one of God's beautiful creatures dying a slow, painful death. It is one thing to hunt and kill an animal for sustenance – quite another to chase one down and execute it for sport.
Kudos to Ashley Judd!

You go Ashley!! Sarah Palin should be stopped ~ from hunting & talking!!!

Um, since the overwhelming majority (and I mean OVERWHELMING) of people in American do not shoot wolves with high-powered rifles from helicopters, I believe that makes Palin and those of her sub-species more likely the to be the "fringe group"...

I have no problem with hunting or carnivores (yum, steak...). This, to me, is basically the same as poisoning wolves with baited meat. It almost wiped them out 100 years ago, and it was senseless and indefensible then, when there were many thousands of them ranging from Mexico to Alaska and throughout Canada.

I mean, if wolves can't run free and unmolested in ALASKA, where can they...? So argue with me: explain how that viewpoint is perverted?

"The minute she was nominated, our phones started ringing off the hook," said William Lutz, director of Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, the group's political arm.
Palin and the group are at odds on several issues, including her opposition to Endangered Species Act protection for polar bears. But the group's first campaign ad against her focuses on a policy that allows private citizens to chase and kill wolves from airplanes". Don't take food off of Sarahs table-she hunts and eats moose.

Lisa M,

The wolves ARE killing livestock – the Moose and Caribou (that Alaskans hunt for food) have been decimated by wolves. That's why they're thinning out the wolf population.

Tell ms judd to stay out of the hunting issues be cause the folks that are hunting pay enough money in state taxes to feed no telling how many famlies. tell her to send some of her money to the state to pay the taxes that they collect from these hunters maybe they will stop then besides the wolfes hide make dang fine rugs

The article states the wolves are killed in an effort to protect moose and caribou – Maybe Palin and other Alaskans eat those animals.

Yes!! Anything to keep Sarah Palin speaking in public has my support! Now that the presidential campaign is over, I've been missing my regular doses of hilarious bobblespeak from that nutty gun-totin Pentacostal politician-wannabe. Palin in 2012!

When will Americans learn that if they just leave poor Sarah alone, she'll fade from the headlines. She's the extremest here and most people know it. Don't give her a soapbox – that's what she wants.

Sarah Palin is much more dangerous to the moose and caribou population and the environment than any wolf could ever be. I really can't understand how anyone can justify shooting these beautiful creatures for absolutely no good reason. Sarah Palin is a disgusting excuse for a "Christian" in my opinion. God created all creatures, not just humans, and I'm sure he would like us to treat ALL of his creatures and the world he gave us with respect.

Kevin in Ohio

That is how I look at the right.

Tell Ashley Judd to go out in the wilderness and stay there for nine days, Let her camp, fish, what ever . At the end of nine days if she doesn,t come back with a different outlook on this then she sat in camp with armed guns at her side.

These critters must be kept at bay , If not it won,t be long before some ones child will show up missing or being a meal for the critters.

Don,t let the do-gooders try to implement laws that they know nothing about, the takes in the John Birch society also.Squelch this group now before it is to late

Excuse me,Sarah Palin calling this an"extreme fringe group".Ah,Ms.Palin,people who live in glass houses.........

aerial hunting is just wrong period....and Palin just goes on showing what a no-brain, right-wing whack job she is.....enough of her already.

I haven't a clue who Ashley Judd is, but unless she lives in Alaska, what business is it of hers what their hunting laws are?

Actually, they have legally been killing the wolves since 1915, and since 1967 by airplane. Only until 2003, has plane-killing been regulated by the state.

The purpose of killing the wolves is to protect the "endangered" elk and othe livestock the environmental extremists usually whine about. They do the same thing for coyotes and foxes in other states.

By attacking Palin, the liberals are showing their fear of her for 2012.

Sarah Palin calling anyone an extremist is laughable at best.

I think before we start killing wolves, who live off the land and have no other means of obtaining food like a grocery store. We should ban hunting for the moose and caribou for a season or two. As humans we have other options to putting food on the table. We dont need to hunt to feed our family's.

----Stop palin.....

Palin taking on Ashley Judd. Reminds me of Quayle taking on Murphy Brown, except Qualye wasn't promoting species extermination. I hope Palin finds more important issues to focus on.

What to say? Now we slaughter wolf males & females from the sky! What happens to all the babies who are too young to fend for themselves? Ms. Palin?????

GOOD FOR ASHLEY!!!!!

I AM GLAD THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS THESE CERTAIN ANIMALS. THESE POLITICIANS THINK THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.

LAW OR NO LAW WHAT GIVES THAT GOVERNOR THE RIGHT TO DO THIS. WHAT IS SHE TRYING TO PROVE? SEEMS TO ME SHE IS TRYING TO BE THIS P0WER WOMAN THAT SHE IS NOT. WE NEVER THOUGHT SHE WAS

There is no scientific basis for these aerial wolf kills. None at all. Far, far more moose and caribou die from over-wintering mortality than are killed by wolves. In addition, wolves typically kill sick, young, or injured individuals, many of which would die from starvation during winter anyway. Palin is pandering to hunters with the continuation of this brutal practice. Decisions like these are why the country rejected her last Fall. She's a half-witted religious zealot and a lackey of the hard right. A dinosaur in modern times who is ignorant of science and intolerant of any opinion she doesn't agree with.

Sarah, please just go away. You've got your 15 minutes of fame
while the country got 15 minutes of "shame" for your nomination.
Go back to you igloo!

Far Left-Wing Palin bashing coming your way in 3...2...1...

This is nothing more than a manifestation of the RIGHT-WING hatred of anything and anyone who doesn't agree with their perverted viewpoints.
Aerial shooting of wolves is beyond disgusting. The poor animals don't even have a chance. Why can't Palin be "man" enough to hunt them on the ground!!!

Trying to protect the population? Maybe the population shouldn't be in their living quarters. Sarah Palin is an idiot. She is against abortion but will run around with a gun killing animals. Why did toy soldier McCain introduce that clown to the civilized world.

An "extreme fringe group."

You mean like the Republican party?

And Judd's knowledge/experience on wildlife issues includes...???

I thought so. Like the vast majority of the outspoken Hollywood crowd: a big mouth attached to a small mind.

Fortunately entertainers never amount to much other than being entertainers. Unfortunately they must rely on controversy to keep their identities in front of the masses for the purpose of income survival

I've hunted since I was 12 and any kind of "aerial" hunting where the result is the death of the animal, is not hunting. Its a slaughter.

It's always them against us or us against them for some – simpletons unable to entertain any other possible way of thinking. Kevin in Ohio. I say it is the conservative right wing that cannot accept anything but their view point and way of life – everybody else is just wrong. Poor things. They don't really believe in democracy – they only believe in their way.
There is no scientific, environmental, logical reason to shoot any animal in this method. It’s barbaric, void of any humanity or value to the world. Their logic is false, but fear seems to be all they know.
Sarah Palin is a idiot.
Anybody who enjoys shooting and killing anything is perverted.

So opposing the shooting of animals from a helicopter makes you an "extreme fringe group?"

Again,

Put this garbage story in the "Entertainment" section. This is not national news.

SARAH IS bloodthirsty.. Its that simple.. Her so called "christian values" include killing innocent animals, not for human consumption, being PRO WAR, Anti environment..with her fixation on "DRILLING' This woman is NOT leader, and does nothing but divide people into fragmented groups.. remember "UNITED WE STAND"? huh Sarah, have you ever heard of that???

I never understand why conservative's are never interested in conserving our natural resources, not only for us but future generations.

Are they going to start shooting grizzly bears because they eat all the salmon? Why don't they take all the money they're spending on the helicopters and fuel and guns and by some food if they're so desperate?

I am a hunter/fisher, but I don't believe in killing wild animals just for sport or so I can have more wild game for myself. The wolves have gotten the sour end of the deal time and time again. Their range use to include almost the entire lower 48, now there's only a few populations left in a few states such as Montana and norther Minnesota. Give them a break.

I'd love to hear the wolves howl in Oregon once again.

Even within Alaska aerial wolf hunting is a very controversial issue. Despite the lack of "sport" or conservation ethic spouted by some, the moose and caribou populations must be effectively protected. A large part of Alaska's population live the subsistence lifestyle, and for them a dependable caribou/moose population every year is essential to survival.

Judd just another looney lefty that doesn't know what she's talking about.

Lisa M. dear – go back & read Palin's statement –

"Alaskans depend on wildlife for food and cultural practices which can’t be sustained when predators are allowed to decimate moose and caribou populations"

I think that statement means just that – that wildlife/lovestock are being killed by these predators. If they are not kept in control they will eat humans/children when they run out of food. Reading comprehension
must not be your strong suit.

Judd, another uninformed Gore lover...........like many in Hollywood.

Poor Sarah – kills the wolves that mess up the hunting for her tourism, but doesn't want anyone to know about it.

Y'all are picking on her again.

Another example of why Sarah Palin is out of touch with middle America. While I am not a hunter myself, I believe people should have the right to hunt animals in a fair and humane way. I do not agree with hunting from a plane under any circumstances. Sarah just wants less sport animals killed naturally by wolves and more by rich hunters that pay guides to take them out. It is attitudes like Sarah's that will help the Democrats stay in power. She can stay in Alaska because we sure as hell don't want her down here.

Good for Ashley Judd! "Hunting" from airplanes is got to be the most non-sensical activity invented. Wolves and elk are a natural predator-prey combination. I would like to see some statistics that show that Alaskans depend on elk for a significant part of their food supply. Maybe 200-300 years ago. And "back then" they competed with wolves and other predators. My bet is that Gov. Palin is really more concerned with making sure out-of-state hunters have plenty of game to shoot.

Palin, you're party of an extreme fringe group known as the "Extreme Right-Wing Nut Jobs".

Ashley Judd, another Hollywood resident with a Phd. I didn't know acting gave you expertise in conservation, politics and medicine. Wow!

Sara please just GO AWAY, stay in Alaska where you belong and stop saying more and more ignorant things! PLEASE spare all of us!

"Cultural practices?" , Sarah? Why not mention "foreign policy practices" that gone on up there in Alaska.

@Kevin in Ohio February 4th, 2009 1:00 pm ET

This is nothing more than a manifestation of the left-wing hatred of anything and anyone who doesn't agree with their perverted viewpoints.

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Right back at ya, Kev.

Didn't realize that advocating the protection our resources (environmental conservation) was a perverted left wing ideal or that doing so made one part of a fringe group. If a wild animal cannot exist in Alaska where exactly can they live?

I'm all for hunting, and I love venison. I've been known to chow down on wild boar bacon, too. I figure – if God didn't want us to eat animals, why'd he make them out of meat?

HOWEVER – aerial hunting of wolves is not okay. It never will be okay. Kudos to Judd for standing up to Palin on this issue.

Lisa M, "dear," – the issue is that increasing wolf populations are a deadly threat to moose and caribou, which people do depend on for their livelihood. So yes, they are "stealing" livestock, in that sense.

We're not, as this group would like you all to believe, talking here about simply killing wolves from helicopters because it's fun. Contrary to their comments, it is not unnecessary. It is, in fact, very necessary for the maintenance and sustainability of wildlife.

Sorry Ashley Judd, your attempt to remain relevant = fail.

The practice of shooting wolves or any animal from the air is barbaric and savage. Pulling baby wolf cubs out of their dens and shooting them in the head is sickening. @ Kevin in Ohio – that is what you call perverted. Sarah Palin and her believers are sickening. With her cherished pro life stance, she is a hypocrit to say the least. There is certainly enough wilderness in the state to provide habitats for these creatures without senselessly slaughtering them. It's not left wing against right wing, it's respect for life. Hunting and using the animals for food is one thing, but this is pure terrorism against nature.

So, Ashley, you must be OK with allowing the slaughter of moose and caribou, who are "savagely" and brutally dismembered by packs of marauding wolves. People change the balance of nature just by eating it, so this wolf-hunting sounds like a way to restore that balance.

I'm no Palin fan, but please, Ashley, find something else to occupy your time...

Miss Sarah has met her match!

Kevin in Ohio – Isn't your post showing that you are exactly like the ones you despise so much?
As for the question at hand, If Governor Palin is not lying... I mean exposing a different version of the truth (again), then she has a point.

Lisa.... dear... Controlling wolf populations needs to be done as much as we need to save the trees in the rain forest. Both are meant to protect other populations of other species. Not just your kiddies in the backyard or your puppy. We have the same regulations in fishing and other hunting activities across the US. Ashley Judd is just making an example out of Sarah Palin because she has nothing else better to do than be a pathetic hollywood liberal.

I don't agree with gunning down anything-especially a species that is on the brink of becoming endangered.
The wolf has been hunted to near extinction by ranchers and land owners. This fear is sometimes due to myths about the nature of the wolf to attack man. Due to the wolf's competition with hunters for wild game animals, they have been known to kill farm stock when no other alternatives were available for food sources. Wolves will usually take the old and injured animals from a herd and thus improve the overall health of those animals that are left. Healthy wolves in the wild are shy creatures that avoid areas that man inhabits.
And let's not forget about the 8 year old who shot and killed 2 grown adults-he had been taught to hunt from a very young age. Studies have shown a correlation between violence against animals and violence against humans.

Personal to Kevin:

Shooting animals from a helicopter isn't perverted?!?!?!

It would be interesting to see Palin debate another woman who can actually string a complete sentence and not speak in "aw shucks-style," dontcha think?! You betcha!!!!!!

Typical misguided liberals, twist half the facts.

Ashley should fund and provide a permanet and LASTING remedy to the problems the conservation/hunting program is going to resolve. Alaska is creating jobs and revenue from the private sector to solve a governmentall problem at no costs to the public. Alaskins that depend on moose and caribou for food will then have less competition for their food sources.

Lisa M, caribou and moose ARE "livestock" in Alaska where they are harvested for food.

I agree the killing should be related to eating only. Sarah stay where you are!

typical. The best way to show who's boss (in the minds of the Right) is to kill them.

amazing how the republican constantly contradicts themselves. a party that wants less control from the govt, but then again they want the govt telling them that abortions should be illegal. talk about gagging the country with YOUR religous views.

poor,ditzy sarah...she is just so full of bile from her trouncing on the big stage...she will never recover.

GOP just lost the Kentucky vote: Ashley Judd an icon in Kentucky. Palin needs to learn when just to keep quiet.

Hopefully Palin will freeze to death after her snow machine breaks down on the Road to Nowhere.

Go Ashley! You rock.

I'd say a secessionist group, or the Pentecostal church are more accurately defined as "Extremist Fringe Groups", much more that those of us that are opposed to the Aerial hunting of wolves, Why won't Palin just go away?, the media is still in love with this lunatic. She is a joke of a person, whose appeal only shows the shallowness of American politics, if she wasn't a former beauty queen, we'd have never heard of her. In all my years, I've never come across a more inept "politician", and that says alot.

It is so hypocritical of Ashley Judd to criticize Gov. Palin for allowing the killing of wolves in order to protect the moose and caribou but yet Ashley Judd condones abortion and refers to an abortion as a "woman's privacy rights issue." It is OK to kill the unborn in a mother's womb but Ashley Judd is worried about the wolf population up in Alaska?

Ashley, get your priorities straight. The right to privacy does not exist in the U.S. Constitution. The right to privacy is not absolute. How about defending the rights of unborn children that will never see the light of day?

More idiocy form the looney left. They don't care that these wolves are taking food out of people's mouths by killing the game that the people of Alaska depend on.

I am looking forward to a trip to Alaska to embrace the time honored cultural practice of shooting wildlife from a helicoptor. Before Sarah set the record straight I never would have imagined that Alaskan heritage was so steeped in the tradition of shooting animals from the air. I would have envistioned a more sporting adventure, like hiking and scouting for the prey, and camoflaging my activities. Instead of days enjoying the great outdoors, I can probably be in and out of the wilderness in a couple of hours with my prey. Sarah may be able to pen the animals in so I can be done in a few minutes.

To the author – don't refer to this as "aerial wolf-hunting" as nobody can purchase a license to hunt in this manner.

This is a tactic used by DNR sharpshooters to control the wolf population. Like it or not, wolves are predators and man has a role in managing their population versus other animals that share the habitat.

So all politics aside the question is if the Moose and Caribou are truly being "decimated" (is there evidence of that?) can the wolf population not be controlled with less extreme hunting measures? If so then hunting from planes is cruel, wasteful and unnatural. Frankly on a scale on 10 with all that's going on this rates a -1 except for Alaska sportsmen.

"Kevin in Ohio February 4th, 2009 1:00 pm ET

This is nothing more than a manifestation of the left-wing hatred of anything and anyone who doesn't agree with their perverted viewpoints."

OK, I'll assume this was a joke. Nobody could actually agree with shooting wolves from helicopters unless they themselves are perverted and hateful.

Thinking that shooting wolves from the air is protecting moose and caribou is showing that keen intellect the majority of Americans voted against back in November. Sarah Palin is a sickness that needs to be quarantined to Alaska.

Defenders of Wildlife is NOT a fringe or extremist group. One of the reasons Palin and her crew of animal killers want to "control" the wolf population is so there are more moose and caribou for them to kill. Nice. I love the fact that Ashley Judd stands up for what she believes in -she is a true inspiration.

Wolves have to be controlled AND the lower 48 states have done such
a good job of it, that we had to send Canadian Wolves to repopulate some states. No Wolves, the vermin population exploded !!

I do beleive in fair play though; hunters are to lazy to walk to hunt,
use an aircraft, then we should give the Wolves guns or ground-to-air missles !!

I have two cousins in Northern Quebec, who are professional guides.
They guarantee a shot at what you are hunting, but someone has to eat what you shoot AND no freiken aircraft !!! Cowards use aircraft.

The best gift that the Republicans can give to America is to choose Sarah Palin as their 2012 Presidential candidate. Since their political party is dieing, it is befitting that they go out with a joke.

Congrats, Kevin. You just showed your ignorance and your hypocrisy in one sentence. Way to go.

How brave to hunt anything by air. Cowards. Crime against nature. Palin will never be anything but an out of step bimbo. She needs to stay in Alaska and volcano watch.

Does Sarah have to attack ALL of her critics on EVERY issue with labels like 'extreme fringe group', a fighting words metaphor for radicals or terrorists? The group disagrees with the practice of aerial hunting. Some people will agree with them and some will disagree. End of story. Not everyone who disagrees with one thing or some things that Palin champions is an extremist, but her vitriolic responses make her appear to be the extremist.

Why my comments never make to CNN?

An old Indian saying "MAN AWAY FROM NATURE BECOMES HARD AND COLD" this is certainly true of the above. Somehow they do not have a clue!

Using Palin to highlight the issue of aerial killing is perfectly fine. Wolves are native to AK and the native, caribou and moose populations have lived them for centuries. Palin and her aerial-killers are johnny-come-lately who should leave the wolves alone.

Good job, Defenders of Wildlife. Palin finally remembered "hard-pressed Americans" is ludicrous. Where were they when she went on shopping sprees at Nieman Marcus?

Geez, at least make it a fair fight. Cowardly to gun down animals from the air.

"This is nothing more than a manifestation of the left-wing hatred of anything and anyone who doesn't agree with their perverted viewpoints."

Give me a freaking break. Don't act like your party doesn't do this equally as much. Aren't you the ones who go to all costs so that loving people can't marry each other.

Sarah Palin should invite Ms. Judd up to Alaska to express her views to the Alaskan people. I doubt she has ever been there. It would be interesting to see how she was received. This campaign has nothing to do with wildlife and everything to do with partisan politics.

On November 5th, 2008, I was hoping Caribou Barbie would disappear. Oh well.

Maybe with an "Eye on Sarah" some more of her crazy anti-environmental policies will be talked about more. How about her contesting the designation of endangered Belugas becuase it would "hamper development".

This is nothing more than a manifestation of the right-wing hatred of anything and anyone who doesn't agree with their perverted viewpoints.

Perhaps Ms Judd would prefer the wolves captured and released into her neighborhood. She's all upset about the deaths of the wolves, but she's pro-abortion and has no problem with dead babies.

Funny how the group is claiming that Palin is anti-conservation, when killing the wolves is meant to protect the caribou and moose population. As far as aerial shooting deemed "brutal and unnecessary" that is rediculous as well. Alaska is a big land mass. Not so easy to travel by foot so why not use a helicopter? The method which facilitates the shooting doesn't change the fact that you still shoot it dead. What I am saying is, shooting while sitting in a helicopter isn't much different than shooting while standing on the ground. In reality, shooting from a helicopter would give the wolves a better chance of surviving since the helicopter could be a rather unstable shooting platform, then the ground.

"This is nothing more than a manifestation of the left-wing hatred of anything and anyone who doesn't agree with their perverted viewpoints."

Why must you twist a disagreement into hatred? Because one does not agree with you does not mean they are hateful. Everyone is entitled to their OPINION without being subject to the ever-popular name calling.

If I were Ashley, I'd start wearing a flak jacket and take cover when ever there's a chopper nearby. Sarah be gunnin for that girl.

While I'm not a fan of Palin, I gotta say, this is an issue I can't really fault her for.

If the wolves are stealing your primary sources of meat, then kill the wolves; aerial sniping is just efficient.

Though I can perfectly understand people who care more about animals than I do making an issue of this. Odds are the hunters are killing more wolves than is probably necessary.

Judd should act. Who cares what she thinks and shame on people who can't think for themselves and depend out hollywood to do there thinking for them.

"This is nothing more than a manifestation of the left-wing hatred of anything and anyone who doesn't agree with their perverted viewpoints."

You are so ignorant. This is way more than nothing. This is a manifestation of love, love for animals in this case. Not the 'hatred' of anything and anyone who does not agree with it. This is reserved to you as you show in your own words.
And if trying to protect wild life is a perversion, I would assume you think that the killing of the wildlife must be what your God intented then?

You are just one of those stupid radicals that help to create the stereotype that all right wingers are mean and greedy people that care nothing about other living creatures.

Wolves kill Elk and other animals. They only eat a small portion and leave the rest. There is a reason we got rid of wolves years ago. If you like wolves put them in your backyard.

They're killing them to keep up the numbers of moose and caribou. Just as in Florida they recently engaged a lottery to hunt alligators, as their numbers were geting out of control.

I find it incredible that in a state of such incredible environmental beauty and unspoiled forests we have neo-con environment haters like Palin in charge. Weird.

THE THING REGRETTABLE IS THAT ASHLEY JUDD GAVE HER YET ANOTHER PLATFORM TO SPEAK –AS MUCH AS I HATE HER BARBARIC ATTITUDE TOWARD ANIMALS – I JUST HATE IT WHEN SOMEONE GIVES HER A REASON TO TRY TO TALK!

Lord knows they better kill off the moose and caribou natural predator so that there will be more for her and her moose hunting buddies to shoot.

Sarah Palin keeps on staying in the news, so naturally I'm happy about that, but really, it's just getting to be too easy to pick apart these Left Wing Loons from Fantasyland...I mean Hollywood.

How's your tax situation these days Ashley?

It's no wonder the Liberals hate Palin so much...she's like Joan of Arc compared to that knucklehead Obama.

Hey Ashley, just think of hunting as you think of abortion or gay marriage... if you don't like gay marriage or abortions, don't have one. Same thing applies.

JUST THE LIBERALS RUNNING THEIR MOUTH WHEN THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.

I'd say a secessionist group, or the Pentecostal church are more accurately defined as "Extremist Fringe Groups", much more that those of us that are opposed to the Aerial hunting of wolves, Why won't Palin just go away?, the media is still in love with this lunatic. She is a joke of a person, whose appeal only shows the shallowness of American politics, if she wasn't a former beauty queen, we'd have never heard of her. In all my years, I've never come across a more inept "politician", and that says alot.

Oh, right, moose, caribou and wolf have been living in the same ecosysytem for thousands upon thousands of years, but now it's a problem. Palin is a digusting backward thinking human being.

Personal to Kevin:

Shooting animals from a helicopter isn't perverted?!?!?!

It would be interesting to see Palin debate another woman who can actually string a complete sentence and not speak in "aw shucks-style," dontcha think?! You betcha!!!!!!

I'd say flying around in a helicopter shooting at Wolves is a bit exotic and extreme. Do you really need a helicopter- how about a 4 wheeler. It's way over the top to use a helicopter and is a waste of resources. Her logic for doing it doesn't hold- if you were doing it to save the "animals" why do it extravagently in a helicopter. This is more of a leisure activity for luxurious enjoyment Isn't that a bit like shooting fish in a barrel?? Where's the sport?? When I hunt it's about the hunt and the sport of it. I don't see a lot of sport in killing animals from a helicopter.

Beyond that do I really care- NO, leave Sarah alone and maybe she'll leave us alone.

More idiocy form the looney left. They don't care that these wolves are taking food out of people's mouths by killing the game that the people of Alaska depend on.

Ummm, Lisa M, did you bother reading the article? It's only a couple of paragraphs.

It says aerial wolf hunting is, "— a controversial practice allowed by permit in Alaska since 2003, with the goal of protecting populations of moose and caribou."

Perhaps moose / caribou burgers are big in Alaska. Can't say I've ever tried one, but I believe moose stew is Palin's favorite food. Moreover, wolves are no longer on Alaska's endangered list.

You can hardly tell that Palin is educated all. Her comments and actions have all indicative of an uneducated individual.

I'm pretty sure Sarah Palin is a member of several "extreme fringe group[s]," the GOP being one of them. And just what exactly are these "cultural practices" for which these moose and caribou are needed? This wouldn't have anything to do with the witch doctor who visited her Wasilla church, would it?

When I saw Palin shooting wolves from a helicopter, it reminded me of Dick Cheneys hunting adventures, standing there and shooting in one spot at doves, pheasants or quail being released in large quantities from cages. A real hunter doesnt hunt like that. It seemed so cruel.

Palin's an absolute waste.I havent seen anyone ina long time that lacks substance as much as her. And the republicans like her?

Somebody hasn't seen Never Cry Wolf, I guess, or read much about wildlife. The wolves take out the weaker animals, making the herd stronger, and that's a good thing all around. Really they're shooting wolves just for the fun of it, and, well, that's a weird notion of fun you got there. Might even call it a "perverted viewpoint."

Defenders of Wildlife is not an extreme fringe group. They are no PETA. I have contributed to them, and I know what they do. It's well publicized. They are a thoughtful and moderate organization that fights for the conservation and preservation of wildlife. They don't spike trees. They try to find solutions that everyone can live with. Palins wolf massacres are nothing but a cynical attempt to wipe out wolves in Alaska so it will be easier for big game hunters to get their trophy. Nature works in balance, and a natural wolf population isn't going to wipe out the game populations.

Shooting wolves from a helicopter is extreme!

On behalf of Ohio residents, please allow us to apologize for Joe the Plumber and Kevin's ironic double-speak comment.

I'd say flying around in a helicopter shooting at Wolves is a bit exotic and extreme. Do you really need a helicopter- how about a 4 wheeler. It's way over the top to use a helicopter and is a waste of resources. Her logic for doing it doesn't hold- if you were doing it to save the "animals" why do it extravagently in a helicopter. This is more of a leisure activity for luxurious enjoyment Isn't that a bit like shooting fish in a barrel?? Where's the sport?? When I hunt it's about the hunt and the sport of it. I don't see a lot of sport in killing animals from a helicopter.

Beyond that do I really care- NO, leave Sarah alone and maybe she'll leave us alone.

Kevin, don't be such a sore loser.

This is nothing more than a manifestation of the right-wing hatred of anything and anyone who doesn't agree with their perverted viewpoints

It's pretty bizarre that in a state of such incredible environmental beauty we have conservative nut cases like Palin in charge!!! Weird.

Way to go Sarah.

If Ms. Judd would get her head out of the sand, she and the rest of the left winged anti-American activist would realize that it is the American hunter and fisherman who have paid for wetlands and habitat restoration as well as wildlife protection and management. Go back to sipping your over priced coffee and do what you do best – act and live life of make believe in la-la land and let the real conservationist take care of this country.

By the way, is Ms. Judd still on parole?

Michael Vick goes to jail. . . .And killing wolves is legal in Alaska?
Is that fair?

those populations living on those animals have done so without helicopters and sport shooting. How about you prevent OTHER causes of decimated edible animal populations? How about you don't drill oil or build on their feeding grounds? How about you protect the naturla balance? WHt's that? it is inconvenient and unfun? tough cookies Barbie.

Celebrities just use this kind of campaigns to boost their popularity. I guess when they have no more offers they go on TV and "advocate" for anything: children, animals, AIDS etc..

Well this is no surprise to hear more left wing banter about trying to change the world into their idealistic mold. God forbid someone does something they deem wrong yet every year millions of babies are murdered without much left wing protest.

There will always be hunting, but do it the old fashioned way on the ground and not in the air. Give the animals a chance. Lazy hunters!!

Ashley Judd is a pinhead. Wolves are killed to protect
moose and caribou. Get a life Ashley!

Palin is a lunatic. Shooting wolves from helicopters, fighting demons, anti-witchcraft rituals, bizarro sentence structure, geographical befuddlement. The lady's a nut.

The name 'Palin' sounds so familiar.

Is she the woman on Saturday Night Live, or is she that irrelevant politician who made a disastrous appearance last election?

There is a saying – don't throw stones at mud (garbage). Mud splatters on your face. Palin is mud/thrash. Incorrigible!

McPailin is a bushmeat hunter and kills Wolf Families. DESPICABLE

No Kevin, I would say that palin calling the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund an "extreme fringe group" is a manifestation of the right-wing hatred of anything and anyone who doesn't agree with their perverted viewpoints.

Alaskans (2 legged predaters) depend on wildlife for food and cultural practices which can’t be sustained when (four legged) predators are allowed to feed as they always have.

Lisa M and Eric, do your homework about hunting before making stupid remarks on the internet that the world can see. Wolf populations are getting out of control in some places, especially in Alaska. By cutting down the population it allows other herds to grow and prosper. You don't eat Wolves you idiot, but if you eat what Wolves eat, then in some places where the wolves have no natural predators, their numbers need to be kept in check so they don't decimate other species, such as Moose and Caribou which are actually quite tasty. We do the same thing in New York with Fox and Coyotes. Too many of them, you can barely find a wild phesant here anymore, so shoot the predators and other species can try to make a comeback.

Dear Kevin in Ohio,

You are obviously the perverted one if you think what Sarah Palin is allowing in her state is okay. She is full of it if she actually thinks this is an acceptable method of protecting moose and caribou. What I don't understand is how the people of Alaska are okay with this. Why don't the people rise up and exclaim, "We are tired of this stupid woman embarrassing us!" Wise up and throw her out of office Alaska!!! She's damaged goods.

Does Ms. Palin not realize that she is, again, defeating herself with her own arguments? If Alaskans depend on wildlife for food, then why disturb the eons-long balance between prey (wolf) and predator? This argument is as circuitous and nonsensical as her arguments usually are. Logic is definitely NOT her strong suit. However, this must have hit a nerve; otherwise, why try to come up with a response?

cnn is sarah palen all you have to print.with bank exec STEALING FROM AMERICAN PEOPLE.YOU WOULD THINK PALEN IS THE LEAST OF OUR WORRIES.

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This is nothing more than a manifestation of the left-wing hatred of anything and anyone who doesn't agree with their perverted viewpoints.

you're a nut.

How many leather shoes do you own Ashley??

You should have shown a picture of Governor Palin. She is prettier and a whole lot more intelligent.

Ashley Judd will find herself on a terrorist watch list now. Better not speak out against the all-powerful, better not rally around a decent and just cause, lest you be a zealot and a traitor!

Sarah, who is the predator to the moose? Don't you eat moose? What about the moose chili you love so much and the moose hot dogs? What about the stuffed moose head hanging in your office? Please. Explain, how the wolf is a bigger threat to the moose than you. Good work Ms. Judd!

Watch CNN will allow over 400 comments on this post.......Only 25 for the Messiah making a "Mistake" 3 times in a row

Anyone and any group against Palin I'm for. It is the choice between knowledge and utter stupidity.

Alaska is large enough that wolves have plenty room to roam ergo any hunting is pure sport and until the animals are armed and can protect themselves and can fly in helicopters, it is senseless slaughter. No wonder Senseless Sarah supports the hunts. She still thinks the VP rules the Senate no doubt!!!

Sarah Palin really needs to step out of the limelight and take her of her family and the citizens of Alaska. Her eldest daughter, special needs son and her other children need her now more than ever. Alaska, a state struggling with poverty and education issues even in the best of times, needs her focus in the face of declining oil revenues. Maybe, just maybe, Palin's 2012 ambitions and need for the spotlight, should take a backseat to the troubles facing her state and her family.

Hey, Sarah, you disgusting hypocrite, shame on you for trying to raise funds for your PAC from innocent and hard-pressed Americans struggling with these rough economic times.

Seriously, how do you release a statement like that? Doesn't the blatant spin make even YOU cringe? You are an absolute disgrace. I look forward to your continued failures. Palin for Republican Presidential Nominee in 2012! pleasegodpleasegodpleasegod. You are insurance for us democrats. As long as your stink hovers over the Republican Party, we are guaranteed to win another four years. I'll even donate my time working the phones to get you nominated!!!

Left wing and perverted in the same sentence? What is wrong with you? You must miss your Prez Bush, awwww too bad, he's gone!!

Kevin in Ohio (and he is NOT..) If you have nothing profound or intelligent to write, STAY OFF the comment board. Tip-read Lisa M's thoughtful comment.

Palin has demonstrated she has no foresight nor real experience in policy implementation. For "We the People" to allow the destruction and eradication of wildlife on any level without scientific accounting is just plain irresponsibility to perserve nature for future generations!

Ashley needs to stop worrying about Palin and start worrying about Billy Clyde's inability to get Kentucky to the promised land...

Ashley should concentrate on her profession of acting and stop using it as a political platform on subjects she certainly is not an expert but just an animal lover. The hunters have permits to thin herds for conservationist reasons.

Unless she is eating dog meat for dinner, protecting another human life, or protecting livestock hunting wolf especially from a helecopter is senseless. I'm sure moose and caribou populations are not really in danger as the population of the largest state is smaller than Seattle.

I agree with Lisa M, what has the wolf done wrong to be shot and killed..That's a sad choice of sport, killing an animal that's caused no harm to you...OMG.

Another example of Palin's neocon agenda. Hopefully we can put leave the neocon era permanently in our past. Obviously she views caribou and moose as a cash crop much like tomatoes or carrots. Sad really.

Watch the videos about how they hunt down animals from helicopters and kill them........if your going to hunt animals then hunt where the animals have at least a chance to get away...........Palin has taken part in this kind of hunting and it is unsportsmanlike.........so I hope this group is a thorn in Palins predator control program

I think Ashley Judd is a beautiful and talented actress; however, I wish well-known people who speak-out against things would do their homework first. Just because you are a famous actor or singer doesn't make you smart and/or educated. Unfortunately most of them don't understand that.

what does ashley judd call abortion? sensible savagery ?
guess she hasn't had an acting gig lately......

why, exactly, is Palin still in the news?

Welcome to National Politics Mrs. Palin. If some Americans don't like what you say or do, well they have the right to tell you.

It's funny...the group does not say they have a problem with the hunting of wolves but with the cruel practice of aerial hunting, yet Palin responds by saying they are distorting the truth and that the practice is necessary. It may be necessary to hunt these animals but to shot them from a plane? That makes total sense. Obviously a gun doesn't give enough of any advantage

Must be Ashley Judd gave up her day job. SHOPLIFTING

Ashley Judd is the type of Hollywood Liberal who thinks solving the predator issue in Alaska should be as simple as hiring Cesar Milan, the Dog Whisperer, to "council" the wolves.

Ashley Judd = looney tunes

why would anyone kill an animal, any animal, and consider that sport, or conservation, or whatever name they choose. Unless you need to kill to feed yourself. As far as I'm concerned all the "sport" hunters are emotionally deficient morons.

Well, if, "Alaskans depend on wildlife for food and cultural practices," then I am sure Sarah Palin opposes drilling in ANWAR. Oh wait...

She is the extremest. She also opposes the govt. as they listed the Beluga whale as threatened as well as the Polar bear. She cares not for people or animals. It's all about Sarah.BTW, did she ever get a passport? LOL, not that she would ever want to visit another country, they are all so "extremist"

I thought Sarah Palin was Pro-Life? But first the Turkey massacre live on TV and now this. tsk tsk... Palin is a hypocrite of the highest order.

Wow, ok, so just that I am clear....it's ok for the state of Alaska to financially support the killing of human beings when they are no longer wanted by thier mothers, but when an animal is no longer wanted, the state can't allow private individuals to kill it. So the wolf should have a greater constitutional right to life then the genetic human.

Now I understand...I agree... let's stop the Savagery!

As I've said before, why are are we keeping Sarah Palin in the national conscience? Ridiculous stories about this woman, are only fuel for the right-winged nuts. "Why are you trying to strip our rights to kill animals" is the argument, they'll use. Ri-freaking-diculous!

I wish that hollywood types would realize that outside of the major urban areas in Alaska (Fairbanks, Anchorage, Juneau), there is little to no infrastructure to support the substinance of humans. Native Alaskan populations and those who live in remote regions do not have a Starbucks or Panera Bread to pop into for a bite to eat. I commend Ms. Judd for standing up for a cause that she believes in, and this is a bad situation, but there are larger issues to be worried about these days.

There isn't a respected biologist in Alaska who supports this program, or the claims that Palin makes about its purported benefits. Those of us from Alaska know that this is merely a thinly veiled program to allocate more of Alaska's wildlife to "sport" hunters.

Perhaps Palin would have a little more time for reading if she spent a little less time killing things. Funny to hear her, a snake handling whack job, call someone else "extrmeme" or "fringe."

Sarah is just like that guy in texas"ted nutcase".He shoots the animals in cages,how mighty he is,I would like to see the Preditor come down in his spaceship and hunt them both haha.

Ms Judd needs to stick to her own knitting and stay out of things she doesn't know about. She is pretty, though. So is Gov Palin.

Sarah Palin
GUNS and OIL LOBBY !

Nature needs to be left to nature. It's natural for wolves to kill .. they are predators. This happens in the wild .. no need to go around shooting from the air .. that is crazy! If there's not enough moose & caribou to go around, find something else to hunt! Once you start essentially 'taking out' a species of animals, it always has an effect on something else ... let nature take it's natural course – don't mess with it!

Well, Sarah is a savage, her behavior during the campaign proved that. The turkey interview alone stands as proof that she's oblivious to the sensibilities of gentler Americans. Shooting wolves from a helicopter doesn't really make her a hunter, though. If she wanted to be a hunter, she'd be on the ground, where her prey is. She just does it to show off with a gun, a character defect more often indulged by males.

She probably doesn't care what Ashley Judd thinks of her, though.

I find it difficult to believe that wolves are a serious threat to the populations of moose and caribou, and are depleting the herds to the detriment of human hunters.

Wild predators' normal function in the wild is to cull the sick, old, and otherwise non-prime animals (in direct contrast to human hunters, who traditionally target the prime members of a herd).

And in terms of wolves and other predators interfering with "cultural practices" dependant on hunting, surely it is clear that native Alaskans (and I'm talking first peoples here) co-existed with predators and prey for thousands of years before the "new Alaskans" showed up and began to show concern that unless wolves are shot from helicoptors, the moose and caribou populations will be seriously depleted.

If there is to be a stronger control placed on predator control in Alaska, I suggest it be placed on non-native American hunters, *not* on wolves.

Who said the anti-christ would be a man? – Oh yeah thats Rush the Drug Addict and Jr. College drop out.. Maybe its a woman and she has an ax to grind against wolves.

Ashley...you keep fighting the good fight. Sarah Palin is no "sportsman"...real hunters don't need to fly up in a helicopter and use a high powered rifle to kill. Where's the sportsmanship in that? What, does that make her a helicopter pilot too?

Shame, shame on Gov. Palin. What is she thinking!

Lisa M – read the article, dear. The reason they are hunting the wolves is to keep them from killing too many moose and caribou, which Alaskans DO eat.

Palin isn't happy unless she is out shooting defenseless animals for sport! She's worried about moose and caribou because it will mean less animals to put in her gun sight and not on her dinner table! She is the most arrogant, cruel, and definitely not too bright woman in this country! All I can say is, thank God she is not our Vice President!!! How brave do you have to be to shoot innocent wolves from an airplane! I will definitely support this wildlife group!!!

Ashley apparently does not know that people have been hunting and eating animals since the beginning of the human race. So, she is an idiot, like all of her misguided ilk. Go Sarah 2012! And come on down to the lower 48, we need you now more than ever...

I'm not against Palin hunting wolves...drop her off in the Alaskan wilderness with a knife and let her have at it. Shooting from a helicopter? That should offend any legit hunter out there. Palin is such an idiot.

Go Ashley. Behind you 100%. Sick of hearing about Palin but in this context...it's more than ok. Her heartless hunting habits always bothered me; the turkey farm fiasco didn't help either. Thank you for doing this.

Another reason why I would NEVER vote for Sarah Palin. I left the republican party this past year and if people like her continue to control the republican party, I won't be coming back ANY time soon.

Gov. Palin is a bloodthirsty, barbaric, dullwitted, self righteous, hillbilly, who is incapable of compassion. She has created an image of Alaska as snow dripping with blood from innocent animals that have been brutally slaughtered by mindless barbarians. She is vile and should be impeached and thrown out of office.

Oh Thank God, I thought we might have to go a whole day without CNN posting another moronic story about Caribou Barbie.

I agree with Ashley Judd and I voted for Palin.....but I won't do it again.
There is absolutely no reason on earth to shot these animals from a plane. There is no reason to shot them at all. Palin is a liar.

I believe it was Buffalo Bill who took tourists on trains to shoot buffalo, leaving them on the praire to rot and die. They almost wiped out the buffalo forever. Perhaps that is Palin's goal.

There you go again Sarah Palin! You call Ashley Judd and those who support this position a fringe group? You say Shame on you? If you haven't noticed this is 2009-not 1909. I think we the people have evolved enough to know that we just don't go around destroying things–like animals–like the environment! We need to find a way to co-exist. If you really believe that you should put a pricetag on this you certainly are a fool! !!!!!! There was an election–you lost!!!!! You still are ridiculous and Embarrassing!

Let's put Ashley in a wolfe suite and set her loose in Alaska.

Now Sarah has an equal opponent.

If not for food, then, is it for sport ? But just what is sporting in a hunter flying above an animal who is trying to escape through deep snow... looks like cruelty to me. Just plain old blood lust.

Sometimes when there's too many wolves, we need to hunt them. We should balance nature and our existence. I'm not against her hunting wolves. I'm against abusive killings. This is America. Relax. Let us have our God, Guts and Guns...

I'm really behind the times. I didn't realize slaughtering wolves was ACTUALLY being done in the name of saving moose and caribou. Really? I thought it was established several decades ago by the enlightened that a good healthy animal population needs the predators to cull the herds of the dumb, sick, and unworhty. Hunting from helicopters? Tell me it ain't so Joe....I mean Sarah.

Good for Ms Judd. Defenders is not a fringe group, and there is plenty of opposition to "hunting" this way. It's kinda like shining deer, which is illegal. How in the Hell is a predator going to escape a helicopter?!? - especially out there on the snow? I suppose they allow dynamite "fishing" in Alaska too. The sad thing is that this again allows Palin more than her alloted 15 minutes of fame.

Actually, you may consider Ashley a "hollyweird rocket scientist" but the fact of the matter is, she is from Kentucky and probably has a pretty good handle about wildlife conservation. We don't have to shoot wildlife from a helicopter (we're better sportsmen), and we typically eat what we kill. Ashley Judd, above all, can make a better judgement than most about balancing the wildlife population, since she grew up in this environment where we have pretty strict limits on what can and can't be killed, how many, and when it is allowable.

Hmm, let's see. No oil drilling in Alaska because it might kill some caribou, but leave the wolves alone that definitely kill caribou. Interesting.

Someone needs to declare open season on this bimbo

Judd is a person of substance, Palin is a joke.
Pay attention – lefties love. We leave the hate (arrogance and ignorrance too) to the Repugs.

Kevin in Ohio said:
"This is nothing more than a manifestation of the left-wing hatred of anything and anyone who doesn't agree with their perverted viewpoints."

Seriously, look up irony.

More importantly, as a hunter of 10 years i just don't see the appeal of shooting something from a helicopter. Where is the sense of skill or accomplishment? It would be easier and less time consuming to just throw some fish in a barrel.

Good for you Ashley Judd! Gov. Palin is in no position to refer to animal/conservation organizations and concerned individuals as fringe groups when she and her state allow such savage killings of wildlife.

I applaud all who support and protect animals.

Lisa, you're missing the point. The wolves kill the caribou and moose. Many Alaskans live off of caribou and moose. When there's no caribou and moose, there's no food.

Even I, someone who is opposed to hunting, can understand this policy. This is the only way to erradicate the wolves, or at least lower their numbers, so that the people of Alaska won't lose their food supply.

Palin and Cheney should get together and commit themselves to self-serving interests when it comes to hunting. Why not start a party devoted to self-serving interests when one can either shoot their competitor in the face or shoot their prey outside of an airplane or helicopter. The Acrimonious Hunter's Party because these people are less than humane!

This squabble can only be solved in one way. Judd and Palin need to have a Naked Tickle Fight. or perhaps a mud wrestling contest. I'd buy that for a dollar.

Kevin in Ohio-"This is nothing more than a manifestation of the left-wing hatred of anything and anyone who doesn't agree with their perverted viewpoints."

If you've never noticed, liberal and conservative are two sides of the same coin. One side's view are just as perverted as the other's.

Is Ashley Judd crazy or just leftie stupid? The wolves are over-populating the state and killing other wildlife in a vicious manner. When will Hollywood get off the vegetarian bandwagon and leave honest working people alone. We do not need this extremist attitude. And Lisa M –stop calling Sara "dear". You sound like a senile old lady.

Way to go Ashley Judd. I admire your work and dedication to such imporant causes. Sarah Palin just doesn't get it. But then again, she never will. Don't wory about her.

UH, isn't Sarah Palin the person who belongs to an "extreme fringe group?" Oh wait, that would be her husband, Todd, and the group that wants Alaska to pull out of the United States!

Sounds like a lot of nerve for a TOTAL NUTCASE like Palin to be bad-mouthing anyone.

As usual...a story about Palin and WHO CARES?

Palin referring to anyone as fringe is man-bites-dog.

I guess someone hasn't taught Palin about the balance of nature. Then again, she probably didn't learn that getting her bachelor degree in journalism.

Let's look back when Palin....told who she felt was the French President...that he needed to come to Alaska and hunt from helicopters with her.

So who is really distorting truths?

Sarah Palin needs to take Dick Cheney hunting with her.

Sarah calling Ashley Judd and "Extreme Fringe Group" is the POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK! LOL Sarah – the QUEEN of the "Extreme Fringe"!!

"extreme" – Sarah Palin's wardrobe and hair styling budget
"fringe" – Sarah Palin's voodoo minister
"group" – The Alaskan Separist movement

I don't understand the concept of shooting wolves that at sitting ducks just so there are more deer and other animals to hunt. Humans should not be knocking off their competitors in such an unfair manner. I am not a hunter, although my father and brother were, so I am not against hunting itself. But shooting these wolves from the air is a senseless act.

Palin's right! Talk about distorted! This left wing group is just twisting the truth. They hunt the wolves to protect the carribou and moose.

This is nothing more than a manifestation of the right-wing hatred of anything and anyone who doesn't agree with their perverted viewpoints.

I do not know what fun you get in killing the animals unnecessarily.

If you eat them, then it makes sense but just for the sake of it. GOD.

Have mercy on the poor creatures.

maybe there could be a new sport in alaska, "aerial palin hunting"

Yes Sarah here we go again. Any thing to get yourself in the news again. Why dont you pay attention to alaska and what you should be doing for your state.

please left wing my behind, judd's mother and sister was on the road wtih the blood thirsty animal killer clueless racist diva wannabe palin so get over yourself you sarah loving idiots. your a stupid as that brainless bimbo is.. you betcha..

First SaraPac and now Eye on Palin,” Is this woman that arrogant. Sara Palin is so into herself. She could never be the President her ego is way way to big.

Hey Ashley Judd, make movies and keep your pie-hole shut about things you know nothing about. Palin's statement explains the whole thing...

“Alaskans depend on wildlife for food and cultural practices which can’t be sustained when predators are allowed to decimate moose and caribou populations,” Palin said in the statement.

Just not gonna be happy until you take all the guns are you?

There is an increasingly scary Nixon vibe with Ms. Palin. I have literally never seen in my lifetime a person with such a cultural/religious/political chip on their shoulder so desperate to become the leader of a population that they so visibly despise.

In the four months since the election, Palin has done nothing but bitterly rail against all that she perceives to be an obstacle to her perceived rightful position of power.

no, kevin in Ohio....your labeling is sooooooo tiresome...it has nothing to do with that....there are a number of obvious examples to prove Palin is missing half a lobe....and half a heart. Deadly combination.

If you want to be the great white hunter, then get your butt out of the plane and hunt. But a bunch of rich yahoos in an airplane shooting at animals is about as pathetic as it gets. If you want to hunt, hunt. But that is just outright slaughter but the lazy without enough cajones to look what their slaughtering in the eye as they do it. Cowards.

You go Ashley! Free the wolves, and send 'em to eat Dick Cheney!

Palin,

The truth hurts huh!! It amazes me how she have killed animals freely and then they locked up Mike Vick for dog fighting. Do I smell double standards?

Another Hollywood idiot!

God forbid America drills for Oil in ANWR because it might hurt the polar bear or carribu... but let's attack a Republican (Palin) when the State of Alaska takes measures to stop the extinction of carrirbu from increased wolf attacks.

IF a democrat is protecting an animal species – they get an award. If a republican is protecting an animal species – they get attacked.

I say Alaska capture and transfer the wolves .... to Hollywood.

hmm...perhaps we should set her loose and see how she likes getting hunted. Perhaps McCain should have looked into his mistakenly 'popular' VP candidate interests, backgrounds and etc before nominating her. Oh, and not to mention Alaska who put her on as governor . No comment to that...it flabbergasts me.

is there ever going to be a week where we have NO story about Sarah Palin? So far it appears we have at least one Palin story a week, maybe more and a poll every week on how many people like President Obama.

I'm already bored with Sarah Palin.

THIS WOMAN PALIN IS A MORON .

As with Cheney and Blago, Sarah needs to just go away too!
Right now please!

@ Kevin in Ohio

Sarah Palin is the perverted one here. Along with Limbaugh, Coulter,
Hitler, FOX News, etc.,etc.

ashley judd is an idiot......

You GO, Sarah Palin! Ashley Judd should do her homework before she opens her mouth.

Ashley Judd is by no means an extremist but IF she were, this would be a case of Sarah "Pot Calling the Kettle Black" Palin trying to stay in the media limelight with her fringe views.

Too bad we can't hunt Palins from a Helicopter.

It's not extreme to have some respect for the natural world. It's extreme to want to kill the entire natural world.

Don't you love it when clueless celebrities look straight faced into the camera and start promoting thing they don't even know anything about? I hope people have more sense than to listen to this dribble.

CNN, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WHY, WHY, WHY DO YOU PEOPLE SPOTLIGHT THIS PATHETIC WOMAN SARA PALIN ON YOUR NEWS? . PLEASE. PLEASE DONT DO THIS TO THE WORLD>

Kevin you say that as if the rightous right wing are saints....

Highly unlikely....More like liar's and rob the poor and middle class to inrich the already rich.......Hypocrit's

Defenders of Wildlife are a fringe group? I think Alaska is a fringe group. The 2 people up der that rely on caribou for food can't find them in that big wide open state? No one is saying don't control th epopulations, just don't be inhumane. Or better yet be inhumane on Palin.

Kevin,
For the last eight years we have shouted and pleaded to get rid of Bush which now everyone can see was a complete disaster. This has nothing to do with left-wing... it has everything to do with common sense.

Why do the hollywood elite feel obligated to express to everyone their political and personal beliefs?

Here's a thought. Let's stick to "acting."

Sarah Palin's stance on our environment is horrible. Greed to get
trophy hunters, greed to satisfy big oil. As a member of Defenders of Wildlife, I totally agree that she must be stopped.

No, No, No, Shame on Sarah Palin for her barbaric slaughter of wolves, wild horse herds, grizzly bears and others for the sake of promoting tourist dollars for her beloved hunters (money).

I am not against hunters or hunting but Sarah Palin is playing God, and interferring in His creation and eco systems. If she is the God loving, God fearing Christian she pretends to be, how can she allow the senseless slaughter of wildlife for the sake of (yet once again) big business?

I am not a fringe group..... just an outraged American Citizen.

Extreme fringe group? Anything like the group Palin's husband belongs to?

There goes CNN again. We finally have a story worthy of what the Alaskan witch is like and you turn in her favor. The story is about Ashley Judd against that bimbo and her Neanderthal ways. The only distorted anything around here is that excuse for a human being who thinks she is better than anybody else.
GO ASHLEY and GO DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE. This woman is evil incarnate!!!

OH! Now I anxiously await what Lindsey Lohan, Paris Hilton, and Alex Baldwin have to say about this!

Another example by Ashley Judd of a celebrity trying to be an expert. Palin knows her state and the wildlife situation. Wildlife does need to be managed.

SAVE THE POLAR BEAR

Perhaps Alaska can just leave the union???? And when they do take palin with them. Why won't this idiot disappear???

Palin is a crazy biggot! When will she finally go away!

She wants to talk about moral rights – is is moral to KILL for the game and not survial (food)

PALIN your A Witch and time for you and your trailer trash family GO AWAY

I wouldn't mess with ashely judd. palin is a light weight.

Yeah, to hell with the caribou!

Anyone else think Ashley Judd and Palin kinda look alike? I'd just as soon have Ashley Judd in political office...

Go Ashley! Where do I sign up for you "fringe group"?

Wildlife Action Fund – where can I donate? Thanks Judd for standing up to these abhorrent practices.

Palin needs to get the wolves a fighting chance! Here is a slingshot, now walk up to that wolf and let it eat you! At least then we can be sure the wolf will be killed. Due to choking on her poison!

“It is time to stop Sarah Palin, and stop this senseless savagery,”

We should have done that the minute McCain picked her as his running mate.

Go Ashley Judd! Palin is barbaric! I think I'll donate to the DWAF.

I can't wait until Palin is busted for Dairy-Gate.

Palin, Palin, Palin.....baby girl. Don't get into another media battle. Please stay away from making statement and conducting press releases, media interviews.

Please just go home and GOVERN your state, TAKE CARE of your babies and grand baby. DO YOUR JOB as Governor of ALASKA. If you venture anywhere else, you're going to LOSE!!

Sarah, Sarah – please go home and tend to your flock. Why don't you go visit your friends – Bush, Cheney and McCain – surely you're family won't miss you being gone another 4 years while you're running for office. When do you do your governing? Seems like you're out promoting yourself more than holding an office. Maybe us average Americans would have given you some credence if you'd go back home and cook your bison.

“extreme fringe group"..... hmm Sarah... what do you think you right wing evangelicals are? You definitely don't make up the majority.

Moron.

Wow, Sarah, that's how most would describe you! "extreme fringe"

This is nothing more than a manifestation of the left-wing hatred of anything and anyone who doesn't agree with their perverted viewpoints.

Well you know I really don't have an issue with killing animals if you are going to use as much of them as possible.

So, Sarah dear, when was the last time you had wolf steak for dinner?

Unless they are stealing livestock(or small children), I really don't think there is a reason to kill them(unless you are going to eat them).

Sarah Palin- ever the populist, never the popular.

Alaska deserves her! Hopefully she will stay there for a long time to come.

i'm sorry but this is kinda funny.

To think this woman could have become our president!

Simply another "brillian" actor or commedian, like Bill Maher or David Letterman, the wisest human beings ever walked on earth, in the history of mankind??

Please Governor Palin the election is over and the Republicans lost.

you mean like Palin PAC?

You are quite correct Ms. Judd it is time to STOP Sarah! I don't even bother to comment on her anymore. She is an evil, maniacal maniac whose love of money, fame and fortune will evidently destroy her.

What if Sarah Palin were a liberal Democrat...

shooting animals from a helicopter is just the beginning

this gov. is insane

whose baby, drugs, firing because her family doesn't like a state employee

she is a train wreck

normally I think she is humorous, I am beginning to think she shouldn't even be gov. of a far away state like Alaska, she is even doing Alaska harm

another hollyweird rocket scientist

GO ASHLEY!!!!