Toklat slaughter

Toklat alpha female dead (photo by G. Haber) 
This is a photo taken by Dr. Gordon Haber showing the Toklat Alpha female on Coke Wallace's sled. Wallace had trapped her just outside the park on Feb. 11, 2005. I have posted previously about this slaughter but this photo really brings home the fact that we will never see her in the park again. More to the point Wallace might continue the slaughter until this most historical family of wolves could be completely devastated.
While the trapping did occur on state lands, an emergency
closure is a possibility with public pressure. Such a closure would
be helped along by pressure from the Park Service (907-683-2294).
Meanwhile, if we can just get Coke to pull up his traps and snares; Wallace owns Denali Saddle Safaris, a local trail-riding tourist business (683-1200),the rest of the family may not meet this same fate.



Please note caption for (attached) photo
Healy trapper Coke Wallace returning home on February 11, 2005 after
trapping the radio-collared alpha female of the Toklat (East Fork)
wolf family of Denali National Park.
Wallace caught her in both a trap and a snare along the north park
boundary. The trap (and cable) can be seen next to her on the sled.
(photo by G. Haber)