It is often said that cougars and other carnivores need to be hunted to keep their numbers in check. Otherwise, they would deplete deer populations, and attack too many livestock and even people. That is the what opponents say of a Colorado ballot initiative that would end hunting and trapping of cougars, bobcats and lynx. However, these claims are not supported by science, as hunter and outdoor writer Ted Williams explains in this essay.
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