Vote No on Prop 127 Yard Signs Available

[lanochow]

I have a few extra Vote No on Prop 127 Yard Signs Available. Text me @ 678-472-2019 if you want one.

[sbg]

What would Proposition 127 do?

See also: Text of measure

This initiative would define and prohibit trophy hunting as "intentionally killing, wounding, pursuing, or entrapping a mountain lion, bobcat, or lynx; or discharging or releasing any deadly weapon at a mountain lion, bobcat, or lynx."
Under the initiative, mountain lions would no longer be considered big game. This would have the effect of making mountain lion livestock incidents ineligible for big game damage claims made with Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
The initiative would make possession of a bobcat or lynx a misdemeanor punishable by a fine or imprisonment.
The ballot initiative would make violations a class 1 misdemeanor and those convicted of violations would be prohibited from holding a wildlife license for five years. A person convicted twice would be prohibited from holding a wildlife license for life.
The ballot initiative would provide exceptions, such as killing a mountain lion, bobcat, or lynx to defend human life. It would also allow for non-lethal methods to defend livestock, property, or motor vehicles. There would be other exceptions for accidents, veterinarians, and special licenses

https://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_Proposi...ive_(2024)

[sbertram]

Vote no on 127 and KK as well!

[lanochow]

Some notes on 127: 

• Trophy hunting is already illegal in Colorado. There seems to be confusion on what trophy hunting means. Trophy hunting means killing an animal and not taking the meat - just taking the "trophy" for a mount... 
  
• Our Elk and deer populations are declining with their number one predator being mountain lions.
  
• Mountain lion populations are growing
  
• Mountain Lions will still be killed if the ban passes but they will be killed by tax funded private entities instead of hunters who pay for the tags and use the harvested resources.
  
• CPW, the biologists we pay to manage wildlife conservation has stated that regulated hunting is necessary to maintain stable populations of all species.
  
• This proposition 127 comes from an anti-hunting group that would seek to have mountain lions killed by privitization who primarily kill and dump the carcasses. 
  

By voting no on 127 you help protect all CO species by giving biologists all necessary tools for conservation.

[sbertram]

Don't forget, over a dozen dogs around Nederland killed by one mountain lion just about two years ago.

https://coloradosun.com/2023/01/01/neder...-killings/