Colorado push to test “predator control” by killing lions and bears faces barrage from CSU scientists, conservation groups

A Colorado push to euthanize mountain lions and bears as a predator-control experiment to revive declining deer is facing a barrage of criticism from scientists and conservation groups as state commissioners prepare for a Wednesday vote.
The latest to challenge Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s $4.5 million scheme are Colorado State University wildlife biologists who contend the proposed killing contradicts the agency’s own science. They accuse CPW officials of kowtowing to hun