Owner and Staff at Southeast Alaska Wildlife Center Say Close to 20 Animals Missing After Raid

Owner and staff at Southeast Alaska wildlife center say close to 20 animals missing after raid

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game said it left some animals behind, but provided no firm number.

State seizes 39 animals from a wildlife facility outside Haines

The entrance to the Kroschel Films Wildlife Center, pictured above on June 27, 2025. (Avery Ellfeldt/KHNS) Steve Kroschel over the last two decades has offered tens of thousands of visitors close-up views of animals including wolves, moose – and a brown bear named Kitty. But on a walk through the Kroschel Films Wildlife Center in Mosquito Lake on Friday morning, the property was quiet. The animal enclosures appeared empty. Save one – it held a m…

Kroschel, staff, say close to 20 animals missing after raid on wildlife center - Chilkat Valley News

A moose from Steve Kroschel’s wildlife facility looks at Alaska FIsh and Game spokesperson Riley Woodford as it is removed from the property, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News) An abandoned mink, a wolf who died during a roundup, and a snowy owl who was euthanized after transport were among the dozens of animals caught in the middle of a years-long dispute over the conditions at a Mosquito Lake wildlife facility.  Staf…