VOTE YES ON PROP 127!
to stop cruel, unsporting killing of lions and bobcats for their heads and beautiful coats
Reasons to Vote YES on Prop 127
Every Coloradan has a stake in stopping trophy hunting in our state. We have a rare and special opportunity to protect wildlife in Colorado and end the cruel, unsporting, and inhumane practice of trophy hunting.
1.
A Rigged, Commercial Hunt
Wealthy trophy hunters hire commercial guides with packs of dogs trained to attack and tree a lion or bobcat and shoot the animal off a tree limb. It’s a “guaranteed kill” with the trophy hunter only paying the $8,000 fee after the kill.
2.
Lions Promote the Balance of Nature
Lion populations are self-regulating and help maintain the balance of nature, reducing dangerous car crashes with deer or elk and impacts on forests and forestry. They also target diseased deer and elk suffering from a brain-wasting disorder known as Chronic Wasting Disease, which biologists say is a threat to the future of hunting in Colorado.
3.
Trophy Hunting In Its Purest Form
It’s plainly wrong to allow cruel killing of mountain lions and bobcats for their heads and their beautiful coats. This measure just halts trophy hunting of native cats but not taking cats posing a risk for people, livestock, or pets.
4.
Trophy Hunting Creates More Human-Wildlife Conflicts
Peer-reviewed science shows that trophy hunting increases the risk of human-lion conflicts, by creating social chaos among surviving lions and increasing the percentage of juveniles in the population. California banned lion hunting a half century ago, and in a state with six times as many people and just as many cougars, there are fewer than 10 lions killed a year for involvement in conflicts.
5.
Orphaning of Kittens
Nearly half of the lions shot by trophy hunters in Colorado females. When mothers are killed, the kittens are doomed to starvation, dehydration, or exposure. Treeing animals with hounds appears to do not a thing to discourage shooting of females.
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