Classify Mountain Lions as a Predator. (Montana)

[mike martell]

Resident cougar tag in Oregon is $14.50 one more good reason used to exploit the passage of H.B. 3636 into law, This is the funding for predator removal, sport hunters being asked to donate money to fund predator removals. Look at the bill and you will see cougar and bear are included. Tricky wording allows provisions to classify big game mammals as a predator once it has crossed the line doing either stock, crop or related damage.

Legislators in Oregon are led to believe only those animals that have crossed the line are being pursued by State and Federal employees that are now being funded by sport hunter dollars. Montana is learning from Oregon, Washington how to secure the future and dollars for all government employees. ODFW will use donated dollars to fund the cougar reduction, Government hunters-contractors using hounds and the payments to USDA while sticking it to sport hunters...

Stop your FWP or like Jeff Eberly from California and now me from Oregon are trying to tell you, before it is to late. This is the beginning of the end!

[Doogie]

It didnt get to far, this bill has been dead since April 28 2011

http://laws.leg.mt.gov/laws11/LAW0210W$ ... CTION=Find

[funstuff]

that in no way means it will not be tried again. they have a serious spending problem and no respect for the thoughts and legitimate valuable knowledge of those that pay their bills.

classification as a predator should be used as a last resort after ALL options have been used to target specific animals that are an endangerment to people and there property.

indiscriminate killing of all, by government officals or those hired by them to justify OT and job positions, only maintains ignorance and stupidity by all individuals that believe this is the RIGHT thing to do.

it is the only way for them to find a legal way to do what we cannot.
mack