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Anti's win suit to end cougar management program (11/14/2002) Oregon- A federal court has stopped an elk study by the Oregon
Department of Fish and Wildlife that would have reduced cougar
populations in two regions of the state. Federal Magistrate Judge Dennis Hubel ruled that the elk
study “has uncertain environmental impacts” and stopped the research
until a full environmental impact study is complete. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife had proposed to
study the effects of predation and nutrition on recruitment of elk in
the state. The plan was to
cull half of the cougars in each project area and kill cougars that
migrated into the area. Since 1994, when out-of-state animal rightists led a campaign
to ban cougar hunting with hounds in Oregon, there have been no lethal
controls on the cougar population. Anti-hunting groups including the Animal Protection Institute, Fund for Animals, Humane Society of the United States and the Sierra Club – many of which were involved in banning the cougar hunt - were plaintiffs in the case. CopyrightÓ U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance- www.ussportsmen.org
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