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Please Protect Mother Mountain Lions
Target: Colorado Wildlife CommissionSponsored by: Sinapu
Colorado has failed to protect mother mountain lions with dependent kittens.
Female lions are critical for mountain lion conservation, yet large numbers of female cats have been killed in Colorado over the past 10 years, as lion hunting has increased by nearly 400% since 1980. About 400 cats are hunted and killed annually in Colorado. Mountain lions reproduce slowly; a female will have about three kittens every other year, and only a few of these kittens will survive. Kittens are completely dependent on their mothers for nine months, and if their mothers are hunted and killed, the orphaned kittens will almost surely die from starvation.
Most mountain lion deaths in Colorado are due to sport hunting. Yet the deaths of female cougars are largely preventable through field identification of female cats by hunters and scientific management of lion populations by the Colorado Division of Wildlife and the Wildlife Commission. The Wildlife Commission has traditionally favored the interests of sport hunters and the livestock industry, so we need your voice today to speak out for wildlife conservation! Help us protect the cougars of Colorado!
Please sign this petition to urge the Colorado Wildlife Commission and the Division of Wildlife to protect female mountain lions. The Commission must set science-based, female-specific subquotas for each lion hunting unit to ensure that females, and thus their dependent kittens, are protected from over-hunting. Please sign today!
Female lions are critical for mountain lion conservation, yet large numbers of female cats have been killed in Colorado over the past 10 years, as lion hunting has increased by nearly 400% since 1980. About 400 cats are hunted and killed annually in Colorado. Mountain lions reproduce slowly; a female will have about three kittens every other year, and only a few of these kittens will survive. Kittens are completely dependent on their mothers for nine months, and if their mothers are hunted and killed, the orphaned kittens will almost surely die from starvation.
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Mountain lion mother with kittens. Gerald and Buff Corsi © California Academy of Sciences |
Please sign this petition to urge the Colorado Wildlife Commission and the Division of Wildlife to protect female mountain lions. The Commission must set science-based, female-specific subquotas for each lion hunting unit to ensure that females, and thus their dependent kittens, are protected from over-hunting. Please sign today!
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# 2,211:
11:46 am PDT, Oct 29,
Gail Maty, Illinois
As an integral part to the balance of nature, Mother Mountain Lions are absolutely necessary. They were here first.
As an integral part to the balance of nature, Mother Mountain Lions are absolutely necessary. They were here first.
# 2,210:
11:19 am PDT, Oct 29,
RADIKA KONESH, Canada
IT'S IMPORTANT TO STOP PLAYING GOD AND KILLING ANY ANIMAL.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO STOP PLAYING GOD AND KILLING ANY ANIMAL.
# 2,209:
11:05 am PDT, Oct 29,
Marribeth Bernier, Arizona
# 2,208:
10:32 am PDT, Oct 29,
Nader Mroueh, Finland
# 2,207:
10:20 am PDT, Oct 29,
Waneta Martin, Arizona
# 2,206:
9:10 am PDT, Oct 29,
Name not displayed, Texas
# 2,205:
8:15 am PDT, Oct 29,
Amber Andrews, Florida
# 2,204:
8:13 am PDT, Oct 29,
Katelyn Davis, Florida
It is cruel to kill for 'fun' . I am a vegetarian, but I can understand that people might need food, but this is just wrong.
It is cruel to kill for 'fun' . I am a vegetarian, but I can understand that people might need food, but this is just wrong.
# 2,203:
4:56 am PDT, Oct 29,
Emily Kellaway, United Kingdom
# 2,202:
3:41 am PDT, Oct 29,
Name not displayed, Tennessee
These animals are god's creatures and they are just like us.
These animals are god's creatures and they are just like us.
# 2,201:
3:40 am PDT, Oct 29,
Jenny Harju, Finland
# 2,200:
9:51 pm PDT, Oct 28,
Rosemary Pack, South Carolina
# 2,199:
9:38 pm PDT, Oct 28,
Billy Driver, Colorado
Animals are people too.
Animals are people too.
# 2,198:
9:07 pm PDT, Oct 28,
Tammy Allen, California
# 2,197:
7:02 pm PDT, Oct 28,
Jackie Baut, Philippines
# 2,196:
6:54 pm PDT, Oct 28,
Delphine Delhaise, Australia
To preserve biodiversity on earth and because every species on earth deserve to live in peace.
To preserve biodiversity on earth and because every species on earth deserve to live in peace.
# 2,195:
6:49 pm PDT, Oct 28,
Angela Spicer, Michigan
# 2,194:
6:35 pm PDT, Oct 28,
Kira Pangburn, New Jersey
# 2,193:
5:35 pm PDT, Oct 28,
Gail K., Indiana
# 2,192:
3:08 pm PDT, Oct 28,
Claire Sefiane, Missouri
We owe it to an endangered species. Simple as that. They deserve as much protection as possible.
We owe it to an endangered species. Simple as that. They deserve as much protection as possible.
# 2,191:
2:18 pm PDT, Oct 28,
Lynn Vrany, Colorado
Leave mother nature and her beings alone; we are not god.
Leave mother nature and her beings alone; we are not god.
# 2,190:
1:21 pm PDT, Oct 28,
Celine Bretel, France
# 2,189:
12:52 pm PDT, Oct 28,
Ben Palmer, United Kingdom
# 2,188:
12:49 pm PDT, Oct 28,
Thomas Wachter, Germany
Because they 're belong to endangered species.
Because they 're belong to endangered species.
# 2,187:
12:36 pm PDT, Oct 28,
Sergey Klimenko, Ukraine
Because they are living creatures too... They have souls, joy and grief, have feelings... and want to live too... They as children. Naive and trustfully... And they can't protect themself'es... What would you say if terrible killer killed yours children, your mother or your family? It's a monster isn't it? But monsters called yourself "hunters" - did the same every day...
Because they are living creatures too... They have souls, joy and grief, have feelings... and want to live too... They as children. Naive and trustfully... And they can't protect themself'es... What would you say if terrible killer killed yours children, your mother or your family? It's a monster isn't it? But monsters called yourself "hunters" - did the same every day...
# 2,186:
12:23 pm PDT, Oct 28,
Lisa Mullins, Maryland
# 2,185:
12:16 pm PDT, Oct 28,
Pinky jain Pan, California
# 2,184:
12:02 pm PDT, Oct 28,
Maria Lopes, Portugal
# 2,183:
11:59 am PDT, Oct 28,
Benoit Ayotte, Canada
http://www.clanloups.com
http://www.clanloups.com
# 2,182:
11:51 am PDT, Oct 28,
Els Porters, Belgium
# 2,181:
11:19 am PDT, Oct 28,
Anna Adelaide Mozzati, Italy
# 2,180:
11:02 am PDT, Oct 28,
Dona Young, Illinois
# 2,179:
10:57 am PDT, Oct 28,
Name not displayed, California
# 2,178:
10:52 am PDT, Oct 28,
Soneea Oz, Hawaii
# 2,177:
9:42 am PDT, Oct 28,
Cynthia Soto, Mexico
# 2,176:
7:53 am PDT, Oct 28,
Name not displayed, France
# 2,175:
6:06 am PDT, Oct 28,
SUSAN BUSH, North Carolina
# 2,174:
5:30 am PDT, Oct 28,
Maris Morivaki, Brazil
# 2,173:
4:33 am PDT, Oct 28,
Benoit Sleijpen, Netherlands
because we must respect ALL life, this is what it means to be human.
because we must respect ALL life, this is what it means to be human.
# 2,172:
4:18 am PDT, Oct 28,
Sue Guerth, Pennsylvania
# 2,171:
4:06 am PDT, Oct 28,
David Manyweathers, United Kingdom
how are the young to survive..who has the right to kill for pleasure..it cant be sport.or do these morons think it is
how are the young to survive..who has the right to kill for pleasure..it cant be sport.or do these morons think it is
# 2,170:
11:32 pm PDT, Oct 27,
Lisa Grech-Mahoney, Malta
Every little helps....Ijust wish I could do more for these lions
Every little helps....Ijust wish I could do more for these lions
# 2,169:
10:32 pm PDT, Oct 27,
Juliette van Gurp, United Kingdom
We have done enough damage to the environment and other species already.
We have done enough damage to the environment and other species already.
# 2,168:
10:30 pm PDT, Oct 27,
Karamy Renfrow, Kentucky
It gives me cold chills to think of the motherless kittens dying slow agonizing deaths.The mountain lion is a magnificient part of our land's heritage.
It gives me cold chills to think of the motherless kittens dying slow agonizing deaths.The mountain lion is a magnificient part of our land's heritage.
# 2,167:
10:08 pm PDT, Oct 27,
Robert Whitewolf, Colorado
# 2,166:
7:32 pm PDT, Oct 27,
Karla Koebernick, Massachusetts
# 2,165:
7:32 pm PDT, Oct 27,
Karin Potter, Brazil
# 2,164:
6:23 pm PDT, Oct 27,
Karen Wolverton, Pennsylvania
These big cats need our voice and help!
These big cats need our voice and help!
# 2,163:
5:21 pm PDT, Oct 27,
Francesca Tagliabue, Italy
Hunting as a sport is always wrong; preserve all living creatures - wild as well - for the next generation.
Hunting as a sport is always wrong; preserve all living creatures - wild as well - for the next generation.
# 2,162:
4:58 pm PDT, Oct 27,
Julie Rasmussen, North Carolina
# 2,161:
4:26 pm PDT, Oct 27,
Liz Wardell, Arizona
# 2,160:
4:00 pm PDT, Oct 27,
Jamie Rasmussen, North Carolina
# 2,159:
3:44 pm PDT, Oct 27,
Name not displayed, Colorado
# 2,158:
3:27 pm PDT, Oct 27,
Kimberly G, New Jersey
Would you like to have a mother? So would the cubs...
Would you like to have a mother? So would the cubs...
# 2,157:
3:07 pm PDT, Oct 27,
Name not displayed, Colorado
If the mothers are killed off, how can the population of wildlife be sustained?
If the mothers are killed off, how can the population of wildlife be sustained?
# 2,156:
2:45 pm PDT, Oct 27,
Karen Kenney, California
Hunting for "sport" is wrong! If we don't protect wild animals there won't be any left at all.
Hunting for "sport" is wrong! If we don't protect wild animals there won't be any left at all.
# 2,155:
2:11 pm PDT, Oct 27,
Maria Borremans, Belgium
# 2,154:
2:11 pm PDT, Oct 27,
Name not displayed, Colorado
Please set subquotas for females, away from mothers of dependent young. Surely population management can be achieved by means other than dependent cubs starving to death.
Please set subquotas for females, away from mothers of dependent young. Surely population management can be achieved by means other than dependent cubs starving to death.
# 2,153:
1:24 pm PDT, Oct 27,
Jacob Kay, Colorado
# 2,152:
10:17 am PDT, Oct 27,
Lynda Larsen-Baldry, Canada
All mothers should be protected
All mothers should be protected
# 2,151:
9:37 am PDT, Oct 27,
Gloria Hovde, California
Killing for fun and "sport" is not compassionate living.
Killing for fun and "sport" is not compassionate living.