Robert Torricelli: “As the Senator knows, I have respect for him for his extraordinary advocacy in all interests of Alaska. We simply have a…”

“As the Senator knows, I have respect for him for his extraordinary advocacy in all interests of Alaska. We simply have a difference of judgment on what is a relatively narrow matter. You have pointed out that one-fifth of Alaska is in a Federal wildlife refuge. That means in four-fifths of Alaska you can use any trap you want, any way you want, for any purpose you want. But on those lands set up as refuges--20 percent of your State--in those few lands where, by political judgment, this institution in previous years decided it wanted wildlife to have a refuge, it is basic to the concept of a refuge that we try to use, at least for the killing of animals, a technology that is understood and accepted to be relatively humane in those lands and only for these narrow purposes. For all the concerns that you legitimately bring and Senator Burns brings about the destruction of livestock, or culture, people who live on subsistence, they are free to do what they want, even in the refuge.”