The Colorado Parks and Wildlife agency is under fire from multiple animal activist groups about the agency's efforts to help mule deer by killing or relocating mountain lions and bears.
At least three lawsuits have been filed against the CPW, according to the Grand Junction News Sentinel. The latest is about the agency's source of money. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has authorized at least $3.4 million for two of the CPW's projects.
The latest lawsuit is a combo effort by the Center for Biological Diversity, Humane Society of the United States and WildEarth Guardians. The newspaper reported that the suits allege the USFWS failed to adequately analyze the impacts of these projects as required by the National Environmental Policy Act.
CPW wants to remove 5 to 15 mountain lions and 10 to 25 bears a year for three years in the Roan Plateau area of the Piceance Basin. This area is about 500 square miles. Another project focuses only on mountain lions in a different area over a nine-year period.
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