Once again, the Utah Department of Wildlife Resources is proposing an increase in cougar hunting permits. It is evident that the only wildlife DWR approves of is that which does not prey upon or compete with livestock or big game animals. The public’s, and the cougars’ interests are routinely ignored.
Veronica Egan
Teasdale
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