By Deborah Grigsby | Colorado Politics
A volunteer group seeking to ban the hunting of Colorado wildcats has submitted signatures to election officials to get the measure on the November ballot.
The group called “Cats Aren’t Trophies,” which is behind Initiative 91, delivered 188,000 signatures to the Secretary of State on Wednesday. The state requires valid signatures from 124,238 registered voters to secure the measure’s placement on the November ballot.
Supporters described the hunting of mountain lions and bobcats “inhumane” and called it “commercial killing.”
Opponents, meanwhile, countered that it’s a threat not just to Colorado’s hunting tradition but also to wildlife management itself.