Dan Gates is with Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management. He joins us to discuss the harmful ramifications of Proposition 127 (which would ban hunting of mountain lions, bobcats and lynx...the latter of which is already banned federally.) There are aspects of this that I hadn't previously known or thought of so I asked Dan to join the show to give us additional information.
Luke Weidel is a policy analyst at Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
For example, from Dan: "(T)his Proposition, if passed will further effect Livestock Producers by taking Mountain Lions out of the status of Big Game and prohibit ranchers/farmers from receiving compensation for their losses, adding to the urban / rural divide."
Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management
Colorado Proposition 127 (formerly Initiative 91) - Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management