DENVER – A Colorado woman is hoping to change the hunting laws in Colorado.

Telluride-based veterinarian Christine Capaldo is petitioning Colorado Parks and Wildlife to stop issuing hunting permits for bobcats.

“I was actually shocked to learn that bobcat hunting and trapping is still occurring in this day and age,” Capaldo said.

She says she has been researching bobcat hunting in Colorado for the past two-and-a-half years and in November 2018, she submitted a petition to CPW formally asking for a ban.

“There is no need to kill bobcats. This is not conservation,” Capaldo said. “The citizens of Colorado and tourists coming to Colorado want to see bobcats alive.”

Currently, hunters and trappers can harvest bobcats from December to February with a CPW-issued license.

“Bobcats are…