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ByRachelD'oro The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, ALASKA A decades-old campaign to wipe dozens of Alaska is- lands clean of invasive arc- tic foxes is close to wrap- ping up with an eradica- tion effort this summer on a large, uninhabited island that's home to hundreds of feral non-native cattle. The just-completed work on remote Chirikof Island east of the Aleutian Islands nabbed 236 adult foxes, in addition to six juvenile foxes. Thatbringsto45thenumber oflargerAlaskaislandswhere arctic, or red foxes in some cases, have been trapped or shotinanefforttorestorethe habitat for native species, in- cluding migratory birds. The work was done be- tween May 18 and Sept. 4 by the Alaska Maritime Na- tional Wildlife Refuge and the U.S. Department of Ag- riculture's Wildlife Services and involved four trap- pers camping out on the 45.3-square-mile island. With the bulk of that task done, the refuge is nearing the end of an effort that be- gan in 1949 after research showed that the seabird population was in decline on islands where the foxes had been introduced. "It's a big deal," said Steve Delehanty, manager of the refuge, whose boundaries cover 2,500 islands around Alaska's coast. "It's been a marked success." Refuge officials said foxes decimate birds, going af- ter everything from eggs to adults, particularly vulner- able on the treeless islands. Foxes were blamed, in fact, for the elimination of what was formerly known as the Aleutian Canada goose — now the cackling goose — on islands where the animals hadbeenintroduced,accord- ing to a 2002 refuge report. Trappers will return to Chirikofnextsummertolook for foxes, Ebbert said. Any foxes found would be killed. Ebbert said three islands with non-native arctic foxes remain in the Aleutians chain west of Chirikof. One other island remains with non-native red foxes. The foxes are native to other parts of Alaska. They were first released for the fur trade by the Russians in the late 1700s on sev- eral islands in the Aleutian chain, where the arctic foxes proved to be better suited than the larger red foxes. ALASKA ISLANDS Eradication effort nears completion for foxes The Associated Press BOISE, IDAHO A hunter who crawled for days after breaking his leg in rugged central Idaho is recovering in a Boise hospital. John Sain was tracking an elk alone in remote wil- derness near McCall last week when his foot slipped between two logs and he fell. The accident broke both of the bones in Sain's lower leg, leaving him badly injured and unable to walk. "I honestly didn't think I was going to make it out," said Sain, a Darby, Mon- tana, native who lives in Riverside, California. The 50-year-old was miles from the trail, didn't have cellphone service and was in a lot of pain. "Contemplated on just ending it right there hon- estly," Sain said. But he changed his mind after writing goodbye letters to his family. Sain made a splintoutofsticksandripped cloth and began the arduous crawl toward the trail. He had a little food, a wa- ter purifier and a small sur- vival kit, and he built a fire each night for warmth. But on Sunday — four days af- ter his ordeal began — Sain was dehydrated, in pain and starting to break down. That's when two motorcy- clists found him and sum- moned emergency crews. CRAWL FOR HELP Hunter recovering a er injury By Nicole Winfield and Erica Werner The Associated Press WASHINGTON Wading into bitter disputes, Pope Francis urged a divided Congress and America on Thursday to welcome im- migrants, abolish the death penalty, share the nation's immense wealth and fight global warming. Lawmak- ers gave rousing ovations to the leader of the world's Catholics despite obvious disagreements over some of his pleas. After he addressed Con- gress, the first pontiff ever to do so, he underscored his message by traveling directly to a downtown Washington church where he mingled with needy and homeless people, blessed their noontime meal and walked among them as they were eating. Soon after, he was off to New York, second stop on his three-city first visit to the U.S. He addresses the U.N. on Friday and winds up his visit this weekend in Philadelphia. At the Capitol, the re- markable sight of the pope speaking in the House chamber seemed to de- light lawmakers of all per- suasions, though he offered an agenda more to Demo- crats' liking. Besides his focus on climate change and immigration, he de- nounced arms sales and seemed to allude approv- ingly to the Iran nuclear deal and recent Obama administration actions to open relations with Cuba, done with his urging. Republicans, too, heard something to like in his ref- erences to the sanctity of life and family relations, re- minders that even the more open Catholic Church Fran- cis presides over still con- demns abortion and gay marriage. For all the spectacle, it seemed unlikely the pope's visit would break congres- sional inertia on the issues dear to him, with no action in sight from the GOP ma- jority on global warming or immigration. But Francis, in his his- toric speech, seemed de- termined to remind the United States of its foun- dations as a country made up of foreigners, address- ing the chamber and the American people beyond in personal terms as a son of immigrants to "this great continent." "We must resolve now to live as nobly and as justly as possible as we ed- ucate new generations not to turn their back on our 'neighbors' and everything around us," he said. "We must not be taken aback by their numbers but rather view them as persons, see- ing their faces and listen- ing to their stories, trying to respond as best we can to their situation." After the address, Fran- cis appeared high on a Cap- itol balcony and briefly ad- dressed a cheering crowd of thousands below on the lawn and the Mall beyond whohadwatchedhisspeech ongiantTVscreens."Buenos dias,"hecalledoutinthelan- guageofhisnativeArgentina and millions of U.S. immi- grants, legal and not. The crowd thundered its response. Francis asked the crowd to pray for him, as he al- ways does. But speaking in Spanish, he added a line to acknowledge that not everyone there was a be- liever. "If among you there are some who don't believe or who cannot pray, I ask that you send good wishes my way," he said, to tumul- tuous applause. "God bless America!" he concluded, as he had in the House chamber. After leaving the Cap- itol, the pope brought en- couragement to a much smaller group — a gather- ing of homeless and needy people at St. Patrick's Church and Catholic Char- ities in Washington. He de- cried a lack of housing for the poor and declared there is "no justification whatso- ever" for homelessness. New York was next in his jam-packed tour, which be- gan last weekend in Cuba and included a White House ceremony and Wash- ington parade in his "pope- mobile" on Wednesday. Late Thursday, he was to preside over a vespers ser- vice at the recently spruced up St. Patrick's Cathedral. On Friday he will ad- dress the United Nations, where he is sure to make many of the same points emphasized in Washing- ton — a need for openness to immigrants and for the world to share its riches with the needy. At the Capitol in Wash- ington, the packed House chamber included Supreme Court justices, Cabinet of- ficials, and lawmakers of both parties, some of whom bowed their heads in def- erence as Francis walked down the center aisle to approach the same dais where presidents deliver their State of the Union speeches. "Mr. Speaker, the pope of the Holy See," bellowed the sergeant at arms. Behind the pope sat Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner, the first and sec- ond in line to the presi- dency, both Catholics. In deliberate and ac- cented English, Francis noted that many lawmak- ers were themselves de- scended from immigrants to the U.S. and that the country was founded by foreigners "who came to this land to pursue their dream of building a future in freedom." "Let us treat others with the same passion and com- passion with which we want to be treated," he said. "Let us seek for others the same possibilities which we seek for ourselves." 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