Pantheraman
Well-Known Member
"Gov. Spencer Cox on Friday signed a wide-ranging wildlife bill that includes controversial provisions that open a year-round hunting season on cougars in Utah and allow the use of traps to kill the stealthy predator.
The cougar provisions were never part of HB469, sponsored by Rep. Casey Snider, R-Paradise, but were added on the legislative session’s 43rd day with no discussion or explanation other than the claim that cougar populations are rising despite significant increases in cougar deaths in recent years.
The amended bill drew rebukes from both hunting and wildlife groups, who see it as a repudiation of science and sound wildlife management to appease narrow political interests. The law makes Utah an outlier among Western states when it comes to cougar hunting."
Cox signs wildlife bill that includes year-round cougar hunting, trapping
Texas also has unlimited cougar hunting. So now you have two states that allow people to kill as many cougars as they want, whenever they want. And Idaho in the past has loosened cougar hunting restrictions. The unlimited cougar hunting has been rising and looks like it's getting worse.
I don't care if this bill does have benefits, if it declares war on an apex predator, it's no longer a conservation bill.
The cougar provisions were never part of HB469, sponsored by Rep. Casey Snider, R-Paradise, but were added on the legislative session’s 43rd day with no discussion or explanation other than the claim that cougar populations are rising despite significant increases in cougar deaths in recent years.
The amended bill drew rebukes from both hunting and wildlife groups, who see it as a repudiation of science and sound wildlife management to appease narrow political interests. The law makes Utah an outlier among Western states when it comes to cougar hunting."
Cox signs wildlife bill that includes year-round cougar hunting, trapping
Texas also has unlimited cougar hunting. So now you have two states that allow people to kill as many cougars as they want, whenever they want. And Idaho in the past has loosened cougar hunting restrictions. The unlimited cougar hunting has been rising and looks like it's getting worse.
I don't care if this bill does have benefits, if it declares war on an apex predator, it's no longer a conservation bill.
