Local veterinarian Dr. Christine Capaldo has spent nearly three years studying the effects of hunting and trapping bobcats in Colorado, a practice she feels allows practitioners to profit “on a natural resource that belongs to all Coloradans.”

In December, she submitted a citizen petition urging Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) to stop issuing bobcat hunting permits. The petition will be discussed during the CPW Commission’s meeting Thursday at the Courtyard Marriott on 765 Horizon Drive in Grand Junction. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. and adjourn at 5 p.m.; it will resume at 8:30 a.m. Friday at the same location and adjourn at 9:15 a.m.

Bobcats share a habitat with the Canada lynx, an endangered species…