Opinion: Hunting is a valuable tool in managing lions

Ballot box biology is no way to manage cougars, writes hunter Andrew Carpenter, as it's no substitute for evidence-based, state management by wildlife professionals. Hunters help to control over-population of lions, he argues, so they don't run out of resources to survive and then start interacting more with humans. Supporting a ban on hunting bobcats, lions and lynx, which are already protected, is a wrong-headed idea, he concludes.