The state Department of Game and Fish is proposing rule changes that would allow more black bear hunting, along with cougar trapping and snaring on private property, a plan that has drawn criticism ...

The movie “Cougar Hunting” has all the ingredients for success. Take three aimless post-college dudes from Arizona and send them on a mission to Aspen to hook up with cougars. Throw in some silicone, ...

Tambako The Jaguar/Flickr / Most Western states rely on hunters to keep cougar numbers in check. It makes a sort of logical sense: if cougar populations are high, attacks on elk, bighorn sheep and ...

SEQUIM — The Dungeness River Audubon Center has brought back the “Learn by the Light of the Moon” speaker series with a new lineup. The next series meeting is at 7 p.m. today (Tuesday, July 16) at the ...

OLYMPIA — Fifteen years after Washington voters banned using dogs to hunt cougars, lawmakers want to set permanent hunting seasons allowing licensed hunters to use hounds to track the cats. The ...

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Some animal protection groups are calling the New Mexico Tourism Department’s ‘cougar cam’ in Edgewood ‘ironic’ and ‘hypocritical’ with changes ahead, voted on by the state’s Game ...

Hunters in some areas of Washington state will be able to hunt more cougars after Washington Fish and Wildlife commissioners voted last month to increase limits in 19 areas. The new guidelines will ...

SALEM -- Referring to cougar sightings near playgrounds, school bus stops and under a minivan, the Oregon House narrowly approved a bill Tuesday that would overturn a voter approved ban on hunting the ...

Cougar hunting permits will increase under a controversial measure the Utah Wildlife Board unanimously approved on Thursday. The number of permits will rise from 531 to 581, a move applauded by ...

A few days ago, Gov. Spencer Cox signed into law a bill with barbaric provisions for trapping cougars (plus other animals) with leg-hold traps and/or wire snares. When I heard that the Legislature had ...