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One of the ethical tenets of North America’s traditional wildlife management model, along with fair chase, 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.

It’s bad enough that we allow bobcats to be unethically chased by dog packs – just like mountain lions – and shot for recreation. The large majority of bobcats – about 2,000 each year – will die at the hands of a fur trapper, however, who will make $1,000 on a foreign market in China or Russia.

Our campaign for Colorado’s cats is in full swing. WE NEED YOUR HELP! Please consider volunteering to gather signatures. Click the link for more info and to join the effort.

The first 30 days of Colorado’s brutal mountain lion trophy hunting season resulted in nearly 200 dead lions, and the season is not over yet. Shockingly, records show that 43% of the mountain lions killed were females, meaning that these cruel hunts are destroying families of cats and orphaning kittens.

In Colorado, it is permissible for trophy hunters to inhumanely chase mountain lions with packs of up to eight dogs, trap the terrified cat in a tree, and shoot the cat from close range with a bow or firearm. Colorado’s lions deserve better than being used for target practice by a handful of unethical trophy hunters. 

That’s why we’re hosting a special online event with Pat Craig from Colorado’s Wildlife Sanctuary. Please join us for this free webinar to learn more about the once-in-a-lifetime ballot initiative in Colorado to ban the trophy hunting of mountain lions, bobcats, and lynx. If you believe Colorado’s cats should not be killed for their heads and hides, then this webinar is for you!

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.

This webinar:

• Provides an overview of trophy hunting and trapping of Colorado’s native wild cats.
• Details 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.