- Update 2/6/09 - Michelle Malkin offers pertinent comments. in her column, "Ashley Judd: Clown in wolf's guardian clothing."
- (Original post) Ed Morrissey reports:
Sarah Palin has hit back at actress Ashley Judd
for her criticisms of the effort to pare back the Alaskan wolf
population for the protection of caribou. Scoffing at advice from “far
east coast politicians,” Palin reminded Judd and her Defense of
Wildlife Action Fund that Alaskans relied on healthy caribou
populations for food — especially in economically trying times. She
also accused Judd of manufacturing outrage to stoke donations to her
group. . . (
Click through for more commentary plus a video of a wolf chasing a baby caribou).
Morrissey concludes:
As I wrote at the time, critics of responsible wildlife management
seem to live in Cartoon World, where the wolf and the bear and the
caribou all become best friends and have adventures together with the
plucky little kid from the local village. In fact, the wolf and the
bear will eat the caribou until there are none left, and would have the
plucky little kid for dessert if they could.
Judd should get out of Cartoon World and learn something about
wildlife management — and Palin’s success — before opening her mouth
and removing all doubt about her ignorance. [my emphases]