Poll Finds Anchorage Residents Like Wildlife In City

[Excerpts] Anchorage Alaska Residents like having moose and bears as neighbors – they just don’t want any more of them. Park users in particular say wildlife makes the city "more interesting and special" and see the animals as a point of pride. Bears are less welcome than moose, but 60 percent of Anchorage opposes the idea of mapping out special bear-free zones were bears would be killed on arrival. All that according to a new survey of Anchorage residents released this month by the state Department of Fish and Game….

The aim is to gauge how the city feels about the potentially dangerous wildlife at its doorstep…. more