[jazusamo]

"I want to ask (the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife) to stop until we are absolutely sure that what we're doing makes the most scientific sense and is not backfiring and causing more incidents between cougars and people in this state," Buckley, D-Ashland, said Monday.

Another case of animal rights activists and liberal politicians trying to take away the authority of wildlife management officials under the guise of more expensive studies by moonbat activists at our universities.

[jazusamo]

That study also concludes that backing off hunting — not increasing it — is the best remedy for curbing cougar-human conflicts.

As human population increases and we encroach on more wildlife habitat how in the world do these people believe that by increasing cougar numbers it will remedy cougar-human encounters?

[realdifferent1]

Someone on this forum summed it up quite nicely:

Shoot-
Shovel-
Shut up.

Should be added to the FR Lexicon page.

[RexBeach]

Why don’t they have Mr. Obama come out and talk to the cougars? Perhaps they could work out something?

Obama: He’s the cougar candidate.

[Flycatcher]

That study also concludes that backing off hunting — not increasing it — is the best remedy for curbing cougar-human conflicts.

I believe the word for that is "counterintuitive."