Nov 14, 2018
A hiker's death led to calls for a cougar cull. But a growing body of research suggests that aggressive killing can lead to more problem enc
Hunting and culling has never been supported by research to be an affective way to drive down population numbers or to stop preditors from preying on livestock or humans. In fact it has been shown to make attacks on livestock and humans more common. This article goes in to more detail as to why this happens and also on the misreporting of cougar population numbers by the state.
