Colorado Court Puts a Stop to Mountain Lion & Black Bear Slaughter

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The U.S. District Court of Colorado ruled that the US Fish & Wildlife Services violated the law when they funded a Colorado Parks & Wildlife plan to kill hundreds of mountain lions and black bears. The ruling claimed that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services failed to analyze the risks to their population properly before funding a plan to slaughter hundreds of them. Sadly, this is not the first time that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services has been caught making decisions that work against animals.

“I am so pleased that the court put a stop to these scientifically baseless plans that needlessly targeted Colorado’s ecologically important, native carnivores.”
---Andrea Zaccardi; Center for Biological Diversity

I recently made a post about our slaughter of the planet's natural carnivores and why it's an enormous mistake and this is yet another example of our flawed manipulation of the planet and everything else living on it with us. The plan perceived an increase in mule deer populations which would greatly benefit local hunters. In fact, this plan benefits hunters from start to finish now doesn't it?

Both black bears and mountain lions are crucial inhabitants of an ecosystem that relies on them to maintain the natural balance. For example, mountain lions hunt and kill and in doing so, feed scavenger birds & mammals. Black bears consume fruits and disperse seeds and through foraging, allow sunlight to penetrate lower levels of plant life. When we start taking them out of the equation, things will be naturally disrupted which always comes with negative results. 

Humans have a nasty habit of manipulating the animal kingdom to suit our own desires. There is rarely concern for the animals / species themselves, rather those who hunt them. Too often do we witness the salacious desire to hunt and kill as we continue to demonstrate a complete lack of compassion for these species and a lack of understanding of the importance of other living beings aside from ourselves. When grey wolves were delisted in the United States, despite evidence suggesting they should not be, it was only 2 months before Wisconsin fought to go out and end the lives of over 200 grey wolves. It's almost as though we can't wait to get out there and start slaughtering, which clearly paints a picture of a civilization that is so uneducated and compassionless and frankly, barbaric.

The Upper Arkansas River Plan was was approved in 2017 and would last 9 years. In those 9 years, 50% of mountain lions in the area would be killed costing almost 4 million dollars, 75% of which would have been funded by taxpayers. As of now, the plan remains halted because of this ruling but if it manages to go full-steam ahead, black bears and mountain lions will die by the hundreds and the ecosystem will be irreversibly damaged. The only solution is to cancel this plan altogether and force the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services to do their jobs according to the law and make decisions with science in mind and the best interest of the very wildlife they're tasked with protecting.

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