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Colorado voters weigh a ban on hunting mountain lions as attitudes toward wild predators shift

  • Written by Kevin Crooks, Professor of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology and Director, Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistence, Colorado State University
imageIn Colorado, many people run, bike and climb in mountain lion habitat.DEA/ C. Dani I. Jeske/De Agostini via Getty Images

Hunting large carnivores is a contentious issue in wildlife management and conservation. It’s on the ballot in fall 2024 in Colorado, where voters will consider Proposition 127, a proposed ban on hunting and trapping of...

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