Colorado’s Proposition 127 would ban hunting and trapping of mountain lions, bobcats and lynx in the state. It would allow for lethal removal of problem animals to protect human life, property ...

UPDATED: July 31, 2024 at 9:12 PM MDT An initiative that would ban the hunting and commercial trapping of mountain lions and other wild cats will be on the statewide ballot in November.

Cats Aren't Trophies ballot measure would ban hunting Colorado mountain lions, lynx, bobcats and other wild cats, says Julie Marshall, director of communications for Cats Aren’t Trophies.

Colorado voters will be asked in November whether they want to ban mountain lion, bobcat, and lynx hunting after the Secretary of State approved the question for the ballot on Wednesday, July 31. The ...

Scientists have found the perfect place in England to release lynx in the wild. Lynx, one of only two native cat species in ...

Just weeks after the Scandinavian country approved the largest wolf cull in modern history, Sweden’s country administrators have issued licenses to hunt 201 lynx throughout March, which is more ...

Efforts to reintroduce the cats to the wild have been underway since at least 2021 when a group calling itself Lynx to Scotland commissioned a study of public attitudes toward the proposal.

Although currently protected from trapping and hunting in the contiguous U.S., lynx face numerous challenges. Recreation, logging and development have constrained lynx habitat.

Lynx disappeared from Scotland between 500 and 1,300 years ago possibly because of hunting and loss of their woodland habitat. Efforts to reintroduce the cats to the wild have been underway since ...