a statement calling Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund an `` extreme fringe group , '' and saying , `` It is reprehensible and hypocritical that the Defenders of Wildlife would use Alaska and my administration as a fundraising tool to deceive Americans into parting with their hard-earned money . '' Watch why Judd , Palin are trading barbs '' Judd said Alaska 's program is a `` distortion '' of wildlife hunting under normal circumstances , and that the program attracts `` urban hunters , trophy hunters from out of state . '' Palin did not appear on `` Larry King Live , '' but Rod Arno , executive director of the Alaska Outdoor Council , told King by telephone that only Alaska residents can participate in the aerial wolf-hunting program , and then they must obtain a state permit . The purpose of the program is to facilitate control of Alaska 's wolf population , which preys on moose and caribou , Arno said . `` The only criticism is from people who are n't up here participating in a predator-prey scheme , '' he said . Judd was accompanied by Rodger Schlickeisen , CEO of the Defenders of
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Actress Ashley Judd says a wolf management program backed by Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is `` incredibly savage ... it 's not right , it 's not appropriate , it makes no sense on any level . '' Ashley Judd is criticizing the aerial hunting of wolves , a program supported by Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin . Appearing on CNN 's `` Larry King Live , '' Judd repeated her criticism of a program that allows hunters firing from aircraft to shoot wolves to thin the numbers of the animals . Judd recently appeared in a video for the Washington-based Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund , which also opposes the Palin-backed aerial hunting program . Referring to the former Republican vice presidential candidate by name in the video , Judd says that Palin is `` championing the slaughter of wildlife . '' `` When Sarah Palin came on the national scene last summer , few knew that she promotes the brutal aerial killing of wolves , '' Judd says in the video , adding , `` It is time to stop Sarah Palin and stop this senseless savagery . '' Palin responded on Tuesday , releasing