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
Sun, 09/08/2024 - 5:00am
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- Does the rejection of mountain lion hunting ban mark a step toward bridging the urban-rural divide?
Urban communities this week joined rural voters in rejecting a ban on mountain lion hunting. Could the urban-rural chasm in Colorado be shrinking? There were six counties – seen in the map on the left ...
11/7/2024 - 8:07 am | View Link - Ban on mountain lion, lynx and bobcat hunting defeated
The proposition would have imposed penalties for hunters who continue to kill big cats, including barring them from holding state hunting licenses for five years.
11/6/2024 - 3:24 pm | View Link - Proposition 127 fails: Colorado voters reject ban on mountain lion, bobcat hunting
Proposition 127 won in some urban Colorado counties ls most rural communities vote against a ban on mountain lion hunting ...
11/6/2024 - 12:31 pm | View Link - Prop 127 fails: Colorado voters reject a ban on hunting mountain lions, bobcat, lynx, DDHQ projects
Coloradans have voted against a ban on hunting mountain lions, bobcats and lynx in Colorado with the rejection of Proposition 127.
11/6/2024 - 10:02 am | View Link - Colorado will still allow mountain lion hunting after voters reject Proposition 127
The Associated Press called the defeat of Proposition 127, which would have banned the hunting of mountain lions and bobcats, on Wednesday morning.
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