Ah, but you probably dont know why that happens. So I will take a few minutes and explain. Firstly, wolves are in no way endangered/threatened in Alaska. There is apparently exponentially more wolves in Alaska than the entire lower 48. There are just a few areas it is allowed, by special permit where wolves have seriously encroached on human needs. Namely wolves have come into communities and killed numerous very expensive and well bred sled dogs. They also put lots of pressure on other wildlife that humans use for food(namely moose and caribou). Most places where it is legal to hunt(outside of the %60 of Alaska that is park, refuge, wilderness, monument and otherwise off limits, this is roughly the size of Texas) it is legal to hunt wolves otherwise. So, the state has allowed the areas, most stricken by wolf encounters, where the terrain would otherwise prevent them from be hunted in an efficient enough way from the ground to hunt them from the air.
Now the reality of it, is probably not what your envisioning. This isnt wasting them with an M-60 from a chopper ala Full Metal Jacket. This is two guys in a piper cub, with bolt action rifles taking a set limit of them. After an animal is shot, the pilot and shooter then need to find a place to land and retrieve that wolf. Nothing goes to waste. This is not in any way shape or form, culling them off wholesale, wanton waste or poaching. It is based on actual science from arguably the best wildlife biologists in the nation as an organization.

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