SALEM, Ore. -- The long-running debate over cougar hunting was reignited when the Oregon House approved a bill yesterday allowing counties to ignore a statewide ban on hunting cougars with packs of ...

Tambako The Jaguar/Flickr / Most Western states rely on hunters to keep cougar numbers in check. It makes a sort of logical sense: if cougar populations are high, attacks on elk, bighorn sheep and ...

OLYMPIA, Wash.— The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission today voted 8-1 to approve amended cougar hunting rules. Spurred by a petition from wildlife conservation organizations, the new rules aim ...

Sophia Ressler’s May 5, 2020, guest opinion, “Commission decision on cougar kills misguided,” demonstrates the Center for Biological Diversity’s anti-hunting position. Washington has a long hunting ...

Deer hunting season kicks off on Saturday in Washington state, but that’s not the only hunting season that begins. According to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, this year’s modern-firearms ...

Utah is poised to add 34 more cougar hunting permits across the state, alarming wildlife advocates who fear trophy seekers will wipe out the older and bolder cats, destabilizing the mountain lion ...