Ballot measure to end recreational lion hunting is in works and Colorado voters can protect wild cats as they did bears
mountain lions
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Effort to ban mountain lion hunting in Colorado heats up with state Supreme Court challenge and a second ballot measure
Hunting advocates are asking the Colorado Supreme Court to reject a 2024 ballot initiative that would ban hunting mountain lions, bobcats and lynx as animal conservation groups file a new initiative
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Mountain lion spends lazy day lounging in tree at popular Garden of the Gods Park
Although mountain lions are common in the area, the park says the midday sighting is “extremely rare” for an area that attracts 4 million people a year
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Four Colorado mountain lions died from avian flu, but mammal crossover has slowed
Bobcats, skunks, foxes and a bear have all died of the bird disease, but state wildlife officials say trends are better now
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Mountain lion claws man hot-tubbing in Colorado high country
The attack happened Saturday night near Mount Princeton Hot Springs Resort
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Dog-attacking mountain lion in Nederland was healthy, hadn’t recently fed on dogs, necropsy reveals
Officials say the healthy lion had multiple gunshot wounds on its head and chest after a man whose dog it was attacking killed it
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Colorado avian flu spreads to a black bear and mountain lion, raising fears of broader reach
The bird disease has wiped out millions of domestic chickens and thousands of wild waterfowl, but is now crossing over into other animals
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Mountain lions killed 15 dogs in 30 days near a Colorado town. Attacks continued and now a lion is dead.
People living in neighborhoods around Nederland questioned Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s efforts to stop a rash of dog killings and were told their only recourse was adaptation and protecting their pets. Right as the killings started to slow, one lion was shot.
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Man suspected of assaulting a police officer during Jan. 6 riot placed on house arrest after killing mountain lion
By Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press A judge on Monday ordered a Colorado hunting guide accused of assaulting a police officer during the U.S. Capitol riot to be placed on house arrest after prosecutors say he violated the conditions of his release by having a gun and shooting a mountain lion. According to a motion […]
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Federal judge’s ruling ends Colorado’s plan to kill hundreds of mountain lions in Upper Arkansas River Basin
A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that federal dollars cannot be used to fund a Colorado Parks and Wildlife plan to kill hundreds of mountain lions in the Upper Arkansas River Valley as part of a study of the impact of predators on declining mule deer populations. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service needed […]