PETITION TARGET: Colorado Governor Jared Polis
Hundreds of mountain lions are at risk of being killed by hunters each year in Colorado – causing horrible pain and suffering to these beautiful animals.
A new state ballot measure could protect mountain lions from trophy hunters, sparing them from gruesome deaths.
The measure, Proposed Initiative #91, would ban the trapping and trophy hunting of mountain lions, bobcats, and lynx. Purposefully killing, wounding, or entrapping these animals would be prohibited unless it is done for the sake of defending humans, livestock, or property. Anyone who violates this proposed law would face a class 2 misdemeanor, according to the initiative.
While Colorado Parks and Wildlife hunting laws require hunters to use all edible parts of an animal, trophy hunters are most interested in killing an animal for their head or fur. Colorado hunters are prohibited from using electronic devices, but they often rely on dog packs to track the mountain lion or wild cat. Dogs may corner the cat before the hunter takes aim at the helpless, terrified creature.
This system of treating living beings as souvenirs must be stopped.
Sign our petition urging Colorado Governor Jared Polis to support Proposed Initiative #91 so that innocent wild cats don’t have to suffer painful, frightening deaths for the sake of trophy hunters’ entertainment or pride.
