“Nor are they places where we can or should allow the practices authorized under Alaska’s ‘intensive predator management’ initiative. Public lands are “not game farms managed for a slice of their diversity for the benefit of a few people who would call themselves hunters”, Ashe said. Dan Ashe, director of the FWS, said “special interest groups” have worked to undermine the protection of species and landscapes. This stance has led to significant numbers of bears and wolves being killed if they wander away from national park land.īut the state has repeatedly clashed with the FWS, which has now decided to clamp down on hunting on federal land. His successors, including Sarah Palin, have all supported a policy of “intensive management” that removes wolves and bears with the goal of boosting moose and caribou numbers for hunters. However, subsistence hunting by indigenous communities will still be allowed.Īlaska reinforced the trapping and shooting of predator animals after the Republican senator Frank Murkowski was elected as governor in 2002. The shooting of bears from a plane or helicopter will also be restricted. The move prohibits controversial practices such as the killing of bear cubs or their mothers, bear baiting and the targeting of wolves and coyotes during the spring and summer denning season. National wildlife refuges span more than 73m acres of Alaska, including the 20m acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge – the largest land-based protected area in the US. On Friday, the US Fish and Wildlife Service ruled that hunters will not be allowed to conduct “predator control” in Alaska’s vast national refuges unless there are exceptional circumstances. The possible demise of the entire pack, which was once a common sight for visitors entering Denali, also America’s largest national park, is likely to heighten criticism of Alaska’s intensive hunting of its largest predators. Three of the four pack members fitted with tracking collars have now been killed by hunters in the past year. “There was clear evidence it was not being used as evidenced by vegetation that was growing around the entrance to the den site.” “We investigated a den site after,” Borg told Alaska Public Media. We are thankful to our customers and partners who put their trust in us every day to be their first and last line of defense as we reinvent this market together.Bridget Borg, a biologist at the National Park Service, said that the body of the radio collared male wolf was seen at a hunting camp and there appears to be no sign of the female nor pups. “The valuation we received during this funding round is not only a testament to our enormous success in establishing Arctic Wolf as the leader in Security Operations but also speaks to the explosive global demand we are seeing from organizations looking to protect their hybrid work environments, drive secure cloud adoption, and formulate an actionable strategy to end cyber risk. “Since the founding of the company, we believed that the Security Operations market is ripe for disruption as existing solutions were failing customers and not keeping pace with the increased sophistication of cyber attacks,” said Brian NeSmith, chief executive officer, Arctic Wolf. We believe the company is emerging as the clear leader in the market, and is an essential partner to every organization today that is challenged by the skills shortage in cybersecurity and at the same time is looking to securely take advantage of mega technology trends that are driving the need to adopt solutions like the Arctic Wolf platform to secure cloud, network, and data assets,” said Pravin Vazirani, managing director and co-head of Technology Investing, Owl Rock, a division of Blue Owl Capital. “We were incredibly impressed by the Arctic Wolf management team and the company’s relentless execution and growth. With this significantly oversubscribed round, Arctic Wolf will continue accelerating its market momentum, expand operations globally and bring new products to market. Following this round, the company has achieved a valuation of $4.3bn.Ĭapitalising on hypergrowth and strong demand for its technology and services, Arctic Wolf is cementing its position as the market leader in Security Operations. Arctic Wolf, a security operations firm, has announced that the company has executed a financing round of $150m, with Viking Global Investors, Owl Rock, a division of Blue Owl Capital, and other existing investors.
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