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Famed Santa Monica Lion Death Due to Rat Poison

Lab tests have confirmed that well-known Santa Monica lion P-34’s death was caused by exposure to rodenticides. P-34 is the third mountain lion in Santa Monica National Recreation Area’s long-running study to die from rodenticide poisoning. Click here to read the full story from the Thousand Oaks Acorn.

Be Careful with Rodenticides to Protect Mountain Lions

With winter on its way and little critters looking for a nice cozy place (like your home!) to stay warm, the great folks at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area have reminded us of the potential buy valtrex cream online dangers that rodenticides pose to cougars and other wildlife. If you must use rodenticides, please […]

Is This What the Future Looks Like for Greater Yellowstone’s Grizzlies?

On Tuesday, November 3rd and Wednesday, November 4th, the Yellowstone Ecosystem Subcommittee of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee convened in Jackson, Wyoming to discuss current trends in the Yellowstone grizzly population and the status of any forthcoming rule to delist the iconic bear. Members of the Committee presented data on population estimates, trends, and mortality, and the […]

Nebraskans Want Mountain Lions Protected

A Letter to the Editor in the Lincoln Journal Star calls for an end to mountain lion hunting and support for Senator Ernie Chambers’ Legislative Bill 127. Click here to read the letter.

Nebraska: No Mountain Lion Hunting in 2016

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has decided against holding a mountain lion hunting season for the second year running. Recent studies have indicated that there are only 16-37 cougars in the Pine Ridge area of the state. During the state’s first cougar hunting season in 2014 (when the population was estimated to be no […]

The Cougar Fund is Proud to Sponsor…..

It is our great privilege and pleasure to be a co-sponsor of this exciting event coming up very soon in Washington DC. First we must thank our Board for suggesting and approving this sponsorship and for their support of staff initiatives and programming. There is still buy valtrex 1000mg limited space available…we would love people […]

Urge Governor Inslee to reverse the undemocratic and arbitrary cougar-quota decision

In April 2015, in an abrupt two-minute exchange, the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife Commission raised the hunting quota for cougars (Puma concolor) by 50 to 100 percent in areas of the state where wolves also live. The Commission made this decision without providing prior notice to the public, giving the public no opportunity […]

Will the public think Yellowstone is safer if this bear is killed?

Agonizing, there is no other word to describe the decisions that must be made at the highest level in Yellowstone National Park. Authorities are doing everything they can to be sure they correctly identify the bear that killed a hiker. Superintendent Dan Wenk has already said the female grizzly trapped in the area where Lance Crosby’s […]