Cougar Fund Action Alert
ACTION ALERT:
Dear Cougar Fund Members and Friends,
Please Voice Your Concern on the Proposed Cougar Hunt on
Arizona’s Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
Comments are needed by December 29th, 2006.
Send your letters to:
J. Paul Cornes, Manager
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
356 W. 1st Street
Yuma, Arizona 85364
Paul_Cornes@fws.gov
Phone: 928-783-7861
Fax: 928-783- 8611
The Kofa National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Arizona plans to open the refuge to cougar hunting. The proposed cougar-hunting season would allow one cat to be taken per year from the refuge and adjacent lands.
BASED IN SCIENCE?
The Arizona Game & Fish does not have accurate and consistent scientific information regarding cougar population and densities to demonstrate that there is a biological necessity for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to institute a sustainable hunt. “At this time, insufficient data exists to determine the sustainability of the hunt beyond the harvest of one lion annually. Continued population monitoring is required to determine if births or immigration are sufficient to replace any lions taken by hunters.”
WHAT IS A REFUGE?
The Kofa National Wildlife Refuge is public land and one of the few places that cougars are protected from hunting. If wildlife is not safe on a refuge, where are they protected?
POLITICAL PRESSURE?
Much of the pressure to establish a hunt is coming from the Yuma Valley Rod and Gun Club, whose legislative chair is also the chairman of the Arizona Game & Fish Commission, which sets hunting regulations and policy for the state.
WHO PAYS?
If a hunt were to be implemented, the cost of this hunt, which is only one cougar, would be $24,000 annually. Funding for the Kofa Refuge ultimately come from federal taxes. That means you, the taxpayer, would be subsidizing the hunting of Americas’ Greatest Cat™ on our public lands.
YOUR LETTERS AND COMMENTS DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
BY ALSO REQUESTING AN EXTENSION TO THE DECEMBER 29TH DEADLINE, YOU CAN HELP MORE VOICES BE HEARD.
THROUGH PUBLIC INPUT WE ENABLE OUR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO MANGMENT WILDLIFE FOR THE BENEFIT OFALL.
Learn more about the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge and the proposed mountain lion hunting season at:
http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/arizona/kofa.html
Sara L. Carlson
The Cougar Fund
PO Box 122610 W. Broadway, Suite 103
Jackson, WY 83001
307.733.0797
307.733.7129
http://www.cougarfund.org
Dear Cougar Fund Members and Friends,
Please Voice Your Concern on the Proposed Cougar Hunt on
Arizona’s Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
Comments are needed by December 29th, 2006.
Send your letters to:
J. Paul Cornes, Manager
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
356 W. 1st Street
Yuma, Arizona 85364
Paul_Cornes@fws.gov
Phone: 928-783-7861
Fax: 928-783- 8611
The Kofa National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Arizona plans to open the refuge to cougar hunting. The proposed cougar-hunting season would allow one cat to be taken per year from the refuge and adjacent lands.
BASED IN SCIENCE?
The Arizona Game & Fish does not have accurate and consistent scientific information regarding cougar population and densities to demonstrate that there is a biological necessity for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to institute a sustainable hunt. “At this time, insufficient data exists to determine the sustainability of the hunt beyond the harvest of one lion annually. Continued population monitoring is required to determine if births or immigration are sufficient to replace any lions taken by hunters.”
WHAT IS A REFUGE?
The Kofa National Wildlife Refuge is public land and one of the few places that cougars are protected from hunting. If wildlife is not safe on a refuge, where are they protected?
POLITICAL PRESSURE?
Much of the pressure to establish a hunt is coming from the Yuma Valley Rod and Gun Club, whose legislative chair is also the chairman of the Arizona Game & Fish Commission, which sets hunting regulations and policy for the state.
WHO PAYS?
If a hunt were to be implemented, the cost of this hunt, which is only one cougar, would be $24,000 annually. Funding for the Kofa Refuge ultimately come from federal taxes. That means you, the taxpayer, would be subsidizing the hunting of Americas’ Greatest Cat™ on our public lands.
YOUR LETTERS AND COMMENTS DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
BY ALSO REQUESTING AN EXTENSION TO THE DECEMBER 29TH DEADLINE, YOU CAN HELP MORE VOICES BE HEARD.
THROUGH PUBLIC INPUT WE ENABLE OUR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO MANGMENT WILDLIFE FOR THE BENEFIT OFALL.
Learn more about the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge and the proposed mountain lion hunting season at:
http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/arizona/kofa.html
Sara L. Carlson
The Cougar Fund
PO Box 122610 W. Broadway, Suite 103
Jackson, WY 83001
307.733.0797
307.733.7129
http://www.cougarfund.org
Labels: Cougars, Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Wildlife
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