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  "path": "/2026/05/12/state-ignores-bill-to-require-scientific-peer-review-of-predator-control/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-12T23:57:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://alaskabeacon.com",
  "tags": [
    "Commentary",
    "Alaska Department of Fish and Game",
    "brown bears",
    "HB364",
    "Mulchatna caribou herd",
    "predator control"
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  "textContent": "Last week, a state court approved the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s plan to resume killing scores of brown bears, including newborn cubs, across a 40,000 square mile area in southwest Alaska. The goal of the extensive bear kill effort, according to ADFG, is to reduce the number of predators in order to increase […]",
  "title": "State ignores bill to require scientific peer review of predator control"
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