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In the May 23 meeting, the commission unanimously voted to ban canned hunting of mountain lions and implemented new rules for trapping the large wild cat species.
More: Texas changes mountain lion hunting rules after 50 years. What it means for the wild cat What it means for the wild cat Then, in early July, a mountain lion was spotted roaming the streets ...
Craig is a part of a group proposing a ballot measure to ban trophy hunting of mountain lions, as well as the fur-trapping of bobcats, called Cats Aren't Trophies. The group needs about 125,000 ...
The cougar (Puma concolor) (/ ˈ k uː ɡ ər /, KOO-gər), also known as the panther, mountain lion, catamount and puma, is a large cat native to the Americas. It inhabits North, Central and South America, making it the most widely distributed wild, terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, and one of the most widespread in the world.
Jun. 11—AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved regulations banning canned hunts and implementing trapping standards for mountain lions during its May meeting. These changes ...
Puma (/ ˈ p j uː m ə / or / ˈ p uː m ə /) is a genus in the family Felidae whose only extant species is the cougar (also known as the puma, mountain lion, and panther, [2] among other names), and may also include several poorly known Old World fossil representatives (for example, Puma pardoides, or Owen's panther, a large, cougar-like cat of Eurasia's Pliocene).
The North American Cougar is a carnivore and its main sources of prey are deer, elk, mountain goats, moose and bighorn sheep. [25] Despite being a large predator, the North American Cougar can also be the prey of larger predators like wolves and bears. [ 26 ]
Mountain lions killed during the hunts were illegally transported from national forest land to Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Alaska, Texas, and North Carolina, according to court documents.