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Alaska Girl Scouts Learn to Trap Beavers for Flood Plan
In Fairbanks and Anchorage Troop 34 members aged 10 to 12 participate in a state Take a Kid Trapping program to trap and skin beavers along the Chena River. Critics from PETA condemn the practice as harmful wildlife treatment, while leaders defend it as education in responsible wildlife management amid flood-control efforts.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Stephanie Boyles
Fairbanks
Girl Scouts
New York
PETA
Courtney Shore
State Department of Fish and Game
Shore
Chena River
Troop 34
Dana Boylan
Boylan
Associated Press