In Big Cat Ballot Measure, A Divide That Sees Hunting As A Foundation Of Wildlife Management Or A Brutal Relic
However, the initiative goes on to broadly define trophy hunting as “intentional killing, wounding, pursuing or entrapping of a mountain lion, bobcat or lynx,” which in practice. Bobcats are the most common wild cat species in north america, with a minimum population of between 1. 4 and 2. 6 million nationwide, according to the journal of fish and wildlife management. A ballot initiative that seeks to prohibit the hunting of lynx, mountain lions and bobcats has received enough signatures to qualify for the november ballot, the secretary of. Voting no on the measure would allow the hunting of bobcats and mountain lions to continue as it is now, while lynx hunting would remain illegal under state and federal law. Colorado wildlife experts are at odds over whether a ballot measure to ban the hunting of certain wildcats would help or hurt the formidable felines that.
To legally hunt a bobcat in colorado, hunters, both. A large colorado county scattered with open space has voiced opposition to a state ballot measure proposed to outright ban the hunting of large mammal cat species. It also received $75,000 from safari club international, a national hunting rights organization with over 50,000 members. Multiple chapters of this group have also donated to. A volunteer group seeking to ban the hunting of colorado wildcats has submitted signatures to election officials to get the measure on the november ballot.