JUNEAU -- An animal rights group is calling for a tourism boycott of Alaska over a recent decision to remove buffer zones for wolf trapping near Denali National Park.

Friends of Animals' President Priscilla Feral said last week's decision by a divided Alaska Board of Game lacked any sense of decency.

She said treating wolves as vermin is an extreme attitude and that her group is taking a drastic step in response. She said Gov. Sean Parnell needs to intervene.

Parnell's spokeswoman said the buffer zone was scheduled to sunset this year. Sharon Leighhow said there's a "very healthy wolfpack" and that Parnell respects the board's decision.

Feral said Friends of Animals last used a tourism boycott to protest Alaska's wolf program in the early 1990s.