There are just an estimated 40 adult and teenage mountain lions now living in Nebraska, and rather than protect them, the state is playing into the hands of trophy hunters by letting them go after these beautiful animals. Joe Austin/Alamy Stock Phoddit
Last week, a trophy hunter killed a mountain lion in Nebraska and posted a photo of himself on social media with the dead animal, a one-and-a-half-year-old male. While most Americans would find this unnecessary killing of a majestic native carnivore horrifying by itself, the facts behind this killing are even more outrageous. There are just an estimated 40 adult and teenage mountain lions now living in Nebraska, and rather than protect them, the state is playing into the hands of trophy hunters by letting them go after these beautiful animals.
This is the second consecutive year that Nebraska has opened season on…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Disgusting, but not surprising, given the trophy hunting lobby. I blame those so-called wildlife/animal groups who too often “work with hunters” somehow rationalizing that it will help.