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The following Web page has information on California Mountain Lions
from the California Wildlife Protection Coalition.  They are working
to stop trophy hunting of mountain lions (No on 197!). The URL is

http://www.sierraclub.org/chapters/ca/mountain-lion/ 

For the Web-less, here's the text version:
(the Web version has pictures though)



                 [MOUNTAIN LION] CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN LION PAGE
                                       
                                  NO ON 197!
                                       
California Wildlife Protection Coalition

   
Help stop trophy hunting of mountain lions: NO ON 197! 

   
   
   Without your help, California's mountain lions may soon be shot for
   trophies. So-called "hunters" will pay to have dogs, equipped with
   electronic collars, track and tree a cougar. Later, the hunter
drives
   up and shoots the desperate cat at point blank range. Proposition
117,
   a citizens' initiative, banned this cruel "sport". Now, a campaign
of
   fear and misinformation waged by trophy hunters could overturn the
   law. If passed by the voters in March 1996, Proposition 197 will
allow
   trophy hunting of mountain lions in California and steal $1.2
million
   from habitat protection funds. 
   
   Lobbyists from the Gun Owners of California, National Rifle
   Association (NRA) and Safari Club rammed Senate Bill 28 through the
   legislature. It will appear on the March ballot as Proposition 197.
   Without collecting a single voter signature, and hiding behind a
   disingenuous concern for public safety, trophy hunters convinced
the
   politicians to delete the protections for cougars that were set
into
   law directly by the citizens of California. They are exploiting
   people's concerns about public safety so they can hang mountain
lions
   over their mantelpieces. 
   
   If you blow all the smoke away, the bottom line is that Proposition
   197 is a special interest trophy hunting measure, NOT a public
safety
   measure. 
   
   Current law allows the killing of any mountain lion that poses a
   threat to people. It also incorporates Department of Fish and Game
   (DFG) regulations that specifically allow trained state personnel
to
   kill (or authorize others to kill) any and all lions that damage
   livestock, domestic animals, or other private property. 
   
   But DFG won't do their job to provide public safety. Official
   testimony at legislative hearings and an internal DFG memo reveal
that
   the Department has deliberately ignored the occasions when mountain
   lions posed a threat. Now, the media stories that have resulted
from
   DFG's inaction are being used to bolster a campaign to restore
trophy
   hunting. DFG's motivation? The Department obtains much of its
funding
   from selling licenses to trophy hunters, and relies heavily on
   legislative lobbying by special interest groups like NRA for their
   annual budget. 
   
   We need your immediate help to stop the trophy hunters from killing
   mountain lions! Mail your check today for $500, $100, $50, $25 or
   whatever you can afford to the California Wildlife Protection
   Coalition, NO ON 197, P.O. Box 1221, Sacramento CA 95812. You can
also
   help by volunteering to give a house party: call the campaign at
   (916)442-2853. 
   
     * Mountain Lions and Public Safety 
       
   
   
   [Mountain Lion standing Photo] [Mountain Lion standing drawing]
   [Mountain Lion with cub Photo] [Mountain Lion walking drawing] 
   
NO ON 197!

    
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   California Wildlife Protection Coalition, NO ON 197, P.O. Box 1221,
   Sacramento, CA 95812, 1-916-442-2853. Last updated 18 December 1995

   
   http://www.sierraclub.org/chapters/ca/mountain-lion/ 
Dan Anderson, dan@bluebird.com, +1-619-438-2220 x354 (FAX +1-619-438-4560)
Bluebird Systems, 5900 La Place Court, Carlsbad, CA 92008-8806, USA