DNR TO CONSIDER ALLOWING KILLING PROBLEM COUGARS
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011 -- 11:03 AM
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board will consider allowing residents to shoot cougars if they're attacking livestock.After a decades-long absence, at least four cougars have been confirmed in the Badger State in the past three years. The animals are currently a protected species in Wisconsin. No one can shoot or trap one without first getting permission from the DNR.
But under a proposed rule, landowners, their family members and their employees would be allowed to shoot cougars in the act of attacking a domestic animal.
The proposal will go to public hearing before board consideration.
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