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“This is not a hunt. All the high-tech gadgetry, the GPS collars with dogs doing all the work while the ‘hunter’ sits in his truck drinking coffee until the cat is treed … you might as well call the dogs off and go home because this is not a hunt.” — Harley G. Shaw
Stop the Cruelty. Vote YES on Proposition 127
“This is not a hunt. All the high tech gadgetry, the GPS collars with dogs doing all the work while the ‘hunter’ sits in his truck drinking coffee until the cat is treed … you might as well call the dogs off and go home because this is not a hunt.”
Yes on Prop 127 – Social Chaos
There is a seismic difference between trophy hunting and trapping wild cats for pleasure and profit, versus professionally managing wildlife that occasionally will come into conflict with people, pets or livestock.
Yes on Prop 127 – Trophy Hunting
Trophy hunting and mountain lions go hand-in-hand industry wide: Hunting guides offer a guaranteed kill of a mountain lion in Colorado, while hunting magazines writing about mountain lion hunting saturate the market with the term. Colorado Mountain Lion Outfitters offer a 100% success rate.
Yes on Prop 127 – Orphaning 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.
Col. Tom Pool: YES on Proposition 127
Mountain Lions are the best tool for controlling chronic wasting disease in deer and elk. The march of this disease could end deer and elk hunting. Wildcats bring balance to nature, and as a fair chase, hunter and veterinarian, I can’t stomach shooting a treed cat at point-blank range.
Yes on Prop 127 – Cruelty to Wildlife
According to hunters, the trophy refers to the part of the animal such as the head, or hide. It also includes a collection of photos on the wall or at the kill site. Trophy hunters routinely pose with dead animals while smiling on social media for personal show and for outfitter testimonials.
Yes on Prop 127 – Scientific Consensus
Wayne Pacelle reveals the truth that trophy hunting and trapping are not conserving or creating healthy populations of wild cats in Colorado.
Yes on Proposition 127 – Balance of Nature
Wayne Pacelle outlines the ecological services mountain lions provide in Colorado. These majestic creatures are critical in keeping deer herds healthy from the highly infectious, deadly chronic wasting disease, serving to boost biodiversity and ecosystem health, and reducing vehicle collisions with deer.
Dan Ashe: Vote YES on Prop 127 - Cats Aren't Trophies
Dan Ashe, our nation’s former top wildlife management official, is featured in an advertisement today for Proposition 127, a ballot measure to protect Colorado wild cats from cruel and inhumane trophy hunting and fur trapping.
YES on Prop 127!
Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy are members of a broad coalition supporting the Prohibit Trophy Hunting ballot initiative.
Insights from Pat Craig, Wild Animal Sanctuary
Colorado’s mountain lions deserve better than being used for target practice by a handful of unethical trophy hunters. Which is why we’re hosting a special online event with Pat Craig.
Bobcats Trapped for Fur: The Exploitations of Colorado Wildlife
One of the ethical tenets of North America’s traditional wildlife management model is that wildlife should not be killed for commerce. But this is exactly what Colorado is doing by allowing the practice of trapping, killing, and skinning bobcats just to sell their fur on the market.
She Found a Mountain Lion in Her Backyard...
Our campaign for Colorado’s cats is in full swing. We need your help! Please consider volunteering to gather signatures here.
Banning Trophy Hunting and Trapping of Colorado’s Mountain Lions, Bobcats, and Lynx
This webinar will:
• Provide an overview of trophy hunting and trapping of Colorado’s native wild cats.
• Detail how you can join CATs to stop the cruel trophy hunting and trapping of Colorado’s bobcats, mountain lions and lynx on the November 2024 ballot.
Carol Baskin: Protecting Colorado's Mountain Lions, Bobcats, and Lynx
We are bringing the issue of trophy hunting and trapping of Colorado wild cats to the voters via a ballot measure, which is legal and granted to our state’s citizens to use as a last resort when systems fail to act in the best interests of the majority of Coloradans and their values.
