https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/court-halts-funding-of-unwarranted-colorado-mountain-lion-black-bear-cull-2021-03-31/?fbclid=IwAR0ldxKmnThwj4i5IgQl0-KOTl1bzpuwxMmBFk_GFfZpPAqnqo2ouCoEL20

Final Phase of Lethal Project Halted

DENVER— The U.S. District Court of Colorado hasruledthat the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated the law by funding a Colorado Parks and Wildlife plan to kill hundreds of mountain lions and dozens of black bears without properly analyzing the risks to those animals’ populations and the rest of the environment.

“This ruling immediately halts the use of taxpayer dollars for the slaughter of Colorado’s mountain lions,” said Andrea Zaccardi, a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity. “I’m so pleased that the court put a stop to these scientifically baseless plans that needlessly targeted Colorado’s ecologically important, native carnivores.”

Mountain lions and black bears are critical to their native ecosystems. Mountain lion predation provides food for more bird and mammal scavengers than that of any other predator on the planet. Black bears’ diverse diet of fruits results in broad…