CO Mountain Lion Ballot Initiative: Continuous Updates

[bayoublaster7527]

This article below is from the Anti-Hunting Policy Center at Colorado State University, essentially the information and polling arm of the anti-hunting movement in Colorado, led by noted anti-hunting, animal rights activist Rebecca Niemiec. Their survey information focuses on mountain lions and black bears. In case there was any question, they are definitely coming with a black bear hunting ban ballot initiative next.

Colorado voters weigh a ban on hunting mountain lions as attitudes toward wild predators shift

Colorado has spectacular scenery, but it comes with wild animals, and they sometimes wander into town. A ballot measure that would ban hunting wild cats is the latest test of public views on hunting.

theconversation.com

 

[tormenter]

If anyone starts to create signage or handouts around this now that it has a number, please post that here so we can start promoting and distributing.

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[perma]

Their survey information focuses on mountain lions and black bears. In case there was any question, they are definitely coming with a black bear hunting ban ballot initiative next.

Yup, that’s exactly it. That doesn’t happen if we win this ballot. Still have a very good shot at winning. A lot of undecided voters I talk to are open to our side of the world. Stay vigilant.

 

[Bigjay73]

Another attempt to undermine wildlife management | Colorado Springs Gazette

Yet another stalking horse for the national animal-rights movement is galloping toward Colorado’s statewide ballot.

www.coloradopolitics.com

 

[elkduds]

I'm opposing CO 127 in local online social media: Next Door, town specific FB groups. Replies are 3-1 opposing the legislation. Lot of opportunities to discuss the larger agenda of expanding the definition of "trophy hunting" toward the goal of eliminating hunting entirely. Repliers seem to resent that sneakiness, easily deciphered from the text of the bill.

Colorado Proposition 127, Prohibit Hunting of Mountain Lion, Bobcat, and Lynx Initiative (2024)

Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics

ballotpedia.org

Some sample posts:
From Ballotpedia link posted by Deborah Johnson above: A "yes" vote supports defining and prohibiting trophy hunting as "intentionally killing, wounding, pursuing, or entrapping a mountain lion, bobcat, or lynx; or discharging or releasing any deadly weapon at a mountain lion, bobcat, or lynx." Meaning all currently legal hunting of lions and bobcats would be classified as trophy hunting. Does that sound like an accurate definition? Of course not, and this language will open the door to banning all hunting of every game species in Colorado, from elk to ducks and pheasants. Simply by defining all sporting hunting as "trophy hunting." Hate more taxes? This bill would increase the budget of CPW who will have to pay professionals to cull problem lions and bobcats. All revenue from the sale of lion and bobcat (small game) hunting license sales would be lost. As others have posted, lynx are an endangered species so they cannot be killed anyway . More evidence that this is entirely an anti-hunting bill disguised as a solution to politically distasteful "trophy hunting."


Why? Do you have a reason, besides what Carole Baskins parrots from HSUS? As Nick Bailey wrote above, the wildlife biologists @ CPW manage all of our wildlife, changing one changes them all. The only reason this is on the ballot, besides millions of $ from out of state, is to end citizen hunting of all species. Read Aldo Leupold on the North American model of wildlife conservation. Hunting is a legacy that involves sportspeople, women and men, in animal and habitat conservation. Through Pittman Robertson sales taxes on sporting equipment and through hunting license fees, hunters fund most wildife conservation. CPW gets no funding from Colorado state taxes.