https://journalstar.com/opinion/letters/letter-mountain-lion-hunt-bad-idea/article_ac61beb6-2a02-5faf-a0c7-a444eaae3dc1.html

• Jun 5, 2021
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Only around 22 independent-age mountain lions live in northwestern Nebraska, the smallest population of lions in the country. Yet Nebraska Game and Parks is proposing a trophy hunting season on them in 2022, and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is set to vote on this egregious proposal June 11.

The decision to allow the trophy hunting of mountain lions is based on an archaic, disproved notion that killing them will prevent conflicts with livestock, game species and humans. The fact is our wild spaces and other wildlife benefit from having mountain lions in Nebraska.

Research shows that the trophy hunting of mountain lions can lead to increased conflicts with humans, pets and livestock. All carnivores combined…