PRESS RELEASE Animal wellness groups pleased to hear commissioner question ‘fair chase’ and clarify recreational hunting is not necessary for ‘population control.’ Agency must now invest in lion’s beneficial role for healthy ecosystems, groups say Lafayette, CO — Animal wellness groups are pleased to see evidence Friday that Proposition 127 is already resulting in greater … Read more
PRESS RELEASE CPW should first act with due haste to end bobcat hounding and baited trapping, with no justification for either cruel practice, and then end hounding of mountain lions Grand Lake, CO — Leaders from Cats Aren’t Trophies called on Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commissioners and staff leadership at Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) to act with … Read more
You can listen to this article here: When Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer shot a male African lion — whom researchers had named Cecil — after luring him out of Hwange National park in Zimbabwe, there was a worldwide furor. Within weeks, nearly all major airlines servicing Africa announced they would stop shipping trophies from the … Read more
PRESS RELEASE The ‘Yes on 127’ Campaign’s Largest Donor is Weld County-Based The Wild Animal Sanctuary, Non-Profit Animal Wellness Groups with a Range of Professional Scientists on Staff, and more than 1,000 Local Colorado Donors Grand Lake, CO – The leading opponents of Prop 127, according to campaign finance reports and daily reporting requirements, are … Read more
You can listen to this article here: Among the most influential voices urging a “Yes” vote on Prop 127 in Colorado is Dan Ashe. He is a lifelong hunter, and most importantly in a debate that deals with wildlife policy, he is a former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (2010-2016) and a … Read more
PRESS RELEASE Trophy hunting and fur trapping wild cats is about as unsporting as it gets. Prop 127 remedies years of political failures to address egregious cruelty Grand Lake, CO – Three-time Denver Broncos Super Bowl player Mark Jackson will be in Ft. Collins Friday, Oct. 25, 4:30-5:30 p.m. to talk about why he supports a YES … Read more
PRESS RELEASE ‘Opponents of Prop 127 are deceiving you’ Col. Pool explains, joining wildlife professionals calling out anti-127 campaigners whose trophy hunting program is impairing the work of mountain lions to cleanse deadly disease from deer and elk herds Grand Lake, CO — Col. Tom Pool, DVM, MPH, a former leader of the tri-service U.S. … Read more
PRESS RELEASE Prop 127 offers real science, while opponents offer meaningless words. Campaign calls out opposition to “Show the Voters Your Science.’ Grand Lake, CO — Three-time Denver Broncos Super Bowl player Mark Jackson, along with southwest Colorado resident and acclaimed actress Daryl Hannah, and three current members and one former chairman of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife … Read more
PRESS RELEASE Grand Lake, CO — Opponents of Prop 127 are revealing their true colors on wildlife management as voters make their decisions on the measure to halt the killing of mountain lions and bobcats for their heads, hides, and beautiful fur coats. It is the proponents of Prop 127 that have an extraordinary array … Read more
PRESS RELEASE Campaign finance update shows NRA, political group fund opposition, while The Wild Animal Sanctuary is Prop 127’s largest funder Grand Lake, CO – Today 119 of Colorado’s veterinarians released a public letter to support a ‘YES’ vote on Proposition 127, a state ballot measure to protect mountain lions and bobcats from inhumane hound … Read more
PRESS RELEASE Vice chair and PhD biologist Richard Reading joins former Chair James Pribyl and current CPW Commissioners Jack Murphy and Jessica Beaulieu in stating that highly commercialized trapping and trophy hunting of big cats violates key tenets of wildlife management — Over the weekend, four of Colorado’s leading wildlife policymakers issued public statements urging … Read more
Ballots will be mailed to 4.5 million Colorado voters today, and citizens can submit completed ballots at any time between now and Nov. 5. Prop 127 is a major focus for animal welfare advocates and conservationists in the Rocky Mountain State and the nation because it seeks to halt Colorado’s unnecessary and ruthless practices of … Read more
PRESS RELEASE Ashe and top wildlife biologist in the West underscore consensus among best scientists that lion populations remain stable without trophy hunting Grand Lake, CO — Dan Ashe, our nation’s former top wildlife management official, is featured in an advertisement today for Proposition 127, a ballot measure to protect Colorado wild cats from cruel and … Read more
Press Release California’s 52-years without lion trophy hunting, shows stable populations, not increasing, as live evidence CATs announces largest donor at $850,000, is Weld County-based The Wild Animal Sanctuary (TWAS), led by founder Pat Craig Grand Lake, CO — This past week Colorado mainstream news reporters interviewing wildlife managers show the forthcoming decision on Proposition 127/Cats Aren’t … Read more
Trophy hunters want to cover up their annual trophy hunting take of more than 1,000 shy and elusive mountain lions and bobcats, who deliver ecosystem services and disease control valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars to Colorado You can listen to this article here: Opponents of Prop 127 — the measure to halt … Read more
PRESS RELEASE Former director U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service tops list of 22 wildlife professionals urging voters to stop trophy hunting and commercial trapping of Colorado native wild cats Grand Lake, CO — Native wild cats picked up support from one of the most trusted voices in American wildlife management — the distinguished former head … Read more
PRESS RELEASE Politicians from both sides of the political spectrum and an actor and a scientist of legendary repute endorse ballot measure to stop cruel killing of native cats for their heads and beautiful coats Grand Lake, CO — Native wild cats picked up support from two Colorado politicians known to occupy opposite ends of … Read more
Press Release Scientists say mountain lions self-regulate and benefit deer and elk by cleansing populations of Chronic Wasting Disease Grand Lake, CO — “Mountain lion trophy hunting is unnecessary to manage stable mountain lion populations,” noted 20 wildlife scientists in an open letter to Colorado voters set to decide Proposition 127 in the coming weeks. … Read more
PRESS RELEASE 80% of Coloradans disapprove of killing mountain lions for hides or fur and 88% oppose hounding of native cats Colorado — According to faculty at Colorado State University studying human dimensions of wildlife, 78% of Coloradans disapprove of trophy hunting of mountain lions, while a staggering 88% oppose the use of dogs in … Read more
PRESS RELEASE Initiative to stop using dog packs and traps to catch and kill unoffending mountain lions, bobcats, and lynx for their heads and fur will face voters in November Colorado — The Secretary of State has confirmed today, with an official statement of sufficiency, that the Cats Aren’t Trophies campaign has enough signatures to … Read more
Press Release Trophy hunting not only is unnecessary for lion population control but interrupts the beneficial ecological services provided by lions, including cleansing herds of infected elk and deer (Denver)—“There’s no doubt that mountain lion hunting is not needed for broad-scale population control,” said Jim Keen, D.V.M., Ph.D., a former U.S. Department of Agriculture scientist … Read more
PRESS RELEASE Measure designed to stop the use of packs of dogs and traps to kill mountain lions, bobcats, and lynx for their heads and their fur. Measure allows lethal control of any nuisance cats when warranted Colorado — Volunteers with Cats Aren’t Trophies, a statewide political committee and coalition seeking to qualify and pass … Read more
Do human hunters occupy the role of mountain lions as apex predators in Colorado? There has been long-running controversy over the trophy hunting of mountain lions in the West, and to a lesser degree, the same holds true for commercial trapping of bobcats. Polling of the general population indicates that the majority hold the view … Read more
The benefits of wild cats on the Colorado landscape and arguments for human-wild cat coexistence without trophy hunting or commercial trapping A coalition of animal sanctuaries, wildlife rehabbers, animal protectionists, scientists, veterinarians, conservationists, ethical hunters, and concerned private citizens have their sights set on mountain lions — specifically by taking aim at trophy hunting of … Read more