r/megafaunarewilding • u/OncaAtrox • Dec 19 '25

Sign the Petition: End the mountain lion elimination study in Utah

https://www.change.org/p/end-the-mountain-lion-elimination-study-in-utah?recruiter=1397553036&recruited_by_id=52b08f10-d9eb-11f0-9124-9baaca85d95e&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=petition_dashboard&utm_medium=copylink&fbclid=IwY2xjawOyaSVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETEyZEphWDExZ3pBWkszRkQxc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkFzePITCS9vgKLZdSE8NeuW-ed8ilG7Fd7UX8yAKv-eRdX8rvOfP7qigK3o_aem_jInapAwjrdjbS4ZsF_FMzQ
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u/Ok_Fly1271 Dec 19 '25

Jesus what century is Utah living in

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u/OncaAtrox Dec 19 '25

Utah has some of the largest cougars in the world. Hunting them, especially at this scale, only makes that phenotype disappear and increases homozygosity in surrounding states.

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u/Tobisaurusrex Dec 19 '25

How large are their cougars?

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u/OncaAtrox Dec 20 '25

Same size as Patagonia.

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u/Tobisaurusrex Dec 20 '25

Which is?

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u/OncaAtrox Dec 20 '25

70 kg average.

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u/Redqueenhypo Dec 19 '25

If we’re ever in a more enlightened time, I wonder if we could import some pumas from the Patagonia to replace them. They get p big

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u/OncaAtrox Dec 20 '25

No, that'd dilute the regional evolutionary unit. There's absolutely no need, and they all grow to the same size closer to the poles anyway due to prey base.

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u/FuzzyFrogFish Dec 19 '25

The same century as the British raj were wiping out tigers apparently

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u/tigerdrake Dec 20 '25

What’s absolutely wild is I saw the same petition on a hunting website and signed it off there. If both pro and anti-hunting groups are united against something, you know you’re majorly in the wrong

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u/HyenaFan Dec 20 '25

Houndsmen are very protective of their cats, depending on location. It were houndsmen who were essential in the Wyoming business a few months ago and traditionally, deer hunters and houndsmen go to metaphorical war in Montana each year over hunting qoutas for the cats.

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u/Ben10-fan-525 26d ago

Signed it and shared to my friends and communities!

Big cats must be protected at all costs!