Sarah Palin spanks Ashley Judd

Wow, that headline gives a mental image, but on to the story. Recently Judd accused Palin of being mean to wolves because she supports hunting wolves from helicopters in Alasaka. Judd appeared in a video that really tugged at your heart strings, but it turns out the group Judd was speaking for the Defenders of Wildlife told only part of the story

The group is highlighting “Palin’s championing of the brutal and unnecessary aerial killing of wolves and other carnivores” — a controversial practice allowed by permit in Alaska since 2003, with the goal of protecting populations of moose and caribou.

Judd, who has in the past lent her voice to AIDS prevention and reproductive health campaigns, signed on with the group and is featured in a YouTube video. “It is time to stop Sarah Palin, and stop this senseless savagery,” she says in the clip.

Palin struck back in a statement Tuesday night, calling the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund a fringe group that “distorts” the goal of Alaska’s predator control programs.

“Alaskans depend on wildlife for food and cultural practices which can’t be sustained when predators are allowed to decimate moose and caribou populations,” Palin said in the statement.

She added: “Shame on the Defenders of Wildlife for twisting the truth in an effort to raise funds from innocent and hard-pressed Americans struggling with these rough economic times.”

Ah, so, the program is being used to SAVE other species, I guess the group Judd was mouthing off for is selective which wildlife they care about?

H/T Sister Toldjah