But in the same ruling, Superior Court Judge Christina Rankin criticized the Alaska Department of Fish and Game effort as circumventing a prior court ruling that found the program was unlawful.

A state judge has blocked the Alaska Department of Fish and Game from conducting a controversial predator control program, ruling that the department acted “in bad faith” when it launched this ...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game does not have the right to carry out a controversial plan to kill bears this spring, at least for now, a state judge has ruled. Superior Court Judge ...

But in the same ruling, Superior Court Judge Christina Rankin criticized the Alaska Department of Fish and Game effort as circumventing a prior court ruling that found the program was unlawful.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Anchorage Superior Court judge in an order issued this week denied a request to strike down a controversial state-sponsored predator control program that has so far killed ...