For decades, licensed hunters have killed hundreds of Colorado mountain lions every year to control the state’s population of the elusive feline. Voters in November will decide whether to ban the practice, along with the trapping of bobcats. That prospect has set off a deluge of competing claims about what will happen if big-cat hunting ceases. Cats Aren’t Trophies campaign director Samantha Miller, left, talks to reporters during a media tour at The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colorado, on Friday, Aug.
If Colorado Voters Ban Mountain Lion Hunting, Would The Feline’s Population Explode — Or Stabilize On Its Own?
Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post: Politics
Sun, 09/08/2024 - 5:00am
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