Since 2003, Alaska's aerial hunting program has claimed the lives of more than 1,000 wolves. During these hunts, wolves are shot from the air or chased by airplanes to the point of exhaustion before the pilot lands the plane and a gunner shoots the animals point blank.

Sign the petition below and urge Alaska Governor Sean Parnell to end the state's irresponsible and cruel aerial wolf-killing program immediately.

Despite strong scientific, ethical, and public opposition to aerial hunting, officials in Alaska have:

• Proposed paying a $150 bounty for the left foreleg of each dead wolf.

• Approved a $400,000 state-funded propaganda campaign to promote aerial hunting.

• Introduced legislation to make it even easier to use aircraft to hunt wolves.

Help Defenders of Wildlife save these magnificent animals from aerial hunting - sign the petition below and tell a friend.

http://www.therainforestsite.com/clickToGive/campaign.faces?siteId=4&campaign=WolfAerialHunting