Utah’s mountain lions could vanish in three years, lawsuit claims
State lawmakers approved a last-minute change to allow nearly unrestricted cougar trapping and hunting. Now conservation groups have sued.
Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune A 4-year-old female mountain lion slowly shakes off the effects of a sedative after researchers from Utah State University and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources replaced her radio-collar afer being captured in the Oquirrh Mountains in 2011.