Colorado bill banning mountain lion and bobcat hunting voted down in committee
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The bill was voted down after it lost support from local politicans.
The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee voted against the bill by 4-1. The senator who initially introduced the bill said she hopes to bring a new bill forward that better understands the state’s needs, the Denver Post reports.
Fox News previously reported that Bill SB22-031 would have prohibited the "shooting, wounding, killing or trapping a bobcat, Canada lynx or mountain lion." The bill was initially sponsored by state senators Sonya Jaquez Lewis and Joann Ginal, along with representatives Judy Amabile and Monica Duran
The bill did make some exceptions. Wounding or killing a big cat would be permitted in situations where the animal posed serious bodily harm.