{"id":530,"date":"2008-07-21T14:05:16","date_gmt":"2008-07-21T20:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjhinton.com\/wild\/?p=530"},"modified":"2008-07-21T14:05:16","modified_gmt":"2008-07-21T20:05:16","slug":"protecting-cougars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/?p=530","title":{"rendered":"Protecting Cougars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coexisting with Cougars<\/u><\/strong> (NM Wilderness Alliance www.nmwild.org<\/a>) <\/p>\n

New Mexico Game Department Regulations
Permit the Overkill of Cougars<\/em><\/p>\n

Cougars count—let’s count them all. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMDGF) regulations allow for the liberal killing of cougars.<\/strong> Make your voice heard and send a free fax to the New Mexico Game Commission, telling them you want to see cougars protected in New Mexico!<\/p>\n

Send your fax here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Talking Points<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

Over 40% of all the cougars killed in New Mexico are females.<\/strong>  Females in the crosshairs result in many uncounted orphaned kittens. This is biologically unsustainable and ethically indefensible.<\/p>\n

Cougars killed on private lands, in big horn sheep areas, or for livestock conflicts are not counted as part of the total hunting quota. Some landowners exploit the public’s wildlife for private profit. <\/p>\n

The state pays a private trapper tens of thousands of dollars each year to kill cougars in certain game units to “prevent” livestock losses; a system that’s ripe for corruption. Those in agribusiness should rely on non-lethal animal husbandry practices, not expect a state-sponsored handout.  <\/p>\n

PLEASE SEND A LETTER BY July 22, 2008, to the New Mexico Game Commission. http:\/\/www.wildlife.state.nm.us\/<\/a><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Coexisting with Cougars (NM Wilderness Alliance www.nmwild.org) New Mexico Game Department Regulations Permit the Overkill of Cougars Cougars count—let’s count them all. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMDGF) regulations allow for the liberal killing of cougars. Make your voice heard and send a free fax to the New Mexico Game Commission, telling them … Continue reading Protecting Cougars<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newmexico","category-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}