Summit County

Inside Proposition 127’s effort to ban hunting of mountain lions, bobcats and lynx

In November, Colorado voters will weigh in on whether or not the state should ban hunting of mountain lions, bobcats and lynx. It’s a measure that asks larger ethical and scientific questions about ...
Outdoor Life

Anti-Hunting Group Gets Enough Signatures to Put a Cougar Hunting Ban on the Colorado Ballot This Fall

The animal-rights group Cats Aren’t Trophies says it has collected enough voter signatures to put a mountain lion and bobcat hunting ban on the Colorado ballot this November. CATS made a concerted ...
Field & Stream

Colorado Beat Back an Outright Ban on Mountain Lion and Bobcat Hunting—What Will Anti-Hunting Groups Target Next?

On November 5, Colorado voters rejected a ballot measure that would have criminalized mountain lion and bobcat hunting and trapping in the Centennial State. The controversial referendum, dubbed ...
The Denver Post

Proposition 127 would ban mountain lion and bobcat hunting in Colorado. Here’s what you need to know.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado voters will decide via Proposition 127 on the state ballot whether the decades-old hunting of mountain lions and bobcat trapping should continue — ...
Fort Collins Coloradoan

Colorado measure to ban mountain lion hunting garners enough signatures to make ballot

A citizen-initiated ballot measure to ban mountain lion hunting has garnered enough valid signatures to be placed on the November ballot in Colorado. Proposed initiative 91, which calls for banning ...
The Denver Post

If Colorado voters ban mountain lion hunting, would the feline’s population explode — or stabilize on its own?

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For decades, licensed hunters have killed hundreds of Colorado mountain lions every year as part of the state’s management plan for the elusive feline.