Climate & Environment Hounds chased a Yellowstone National Park mountain lion into a tree. Then Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte shot it. The lion was killed late last year on U.S. Forest Service land.

Two buddies set out into canyon country to track down a mountain lion. ... but only with the help of a hound named Maggie. Two buddies and a pack of hounds set out to track mountain lions, and find ...

Hounds are utilized in mountain lion hunts for their scent-tracking abilities. Once the hounds detect the mountain lion’s trail, they pursue and often force the lion to ascend a tree.

Hounds are utilized in mountain lion hunts for their scent-tracking abilities. Once the hounds detect the mountain lion’s trail, they pursue and often force the lion to ascend a tree.

Grizzlies and wolves had long been eradicated, leaving only hound-assisted humans as the mountain lion’s singular, top-of-the-food-chain competitor.

A 2023 study in California studied how captures by biologists between 2001 and 2019 impacted mountain lion welfare, evaluating the use of cage traps, hounds, and cable restraints. It concluded that ...

The hounds forced a mountain lion to perch about 30 feet up a skinny aspen tree. “It’s not going to like that tree,” Whitaker said. Quota system dictates hunting. The dogs barked furiously around the ...

Hounds are trained to track and locate mountain lions, allowing hunters to approach and assess the situation before deciding on next steps. In 2022 a female mountain lion is shown treed near ...

A Colorado woman managed to fight off a mountain lion that was attacking her 5-year-old son. During the harrowing rescue, she reportedly reached into the cat's jaws to free her child's head.

MISSOULA, Mont. — Hunters who are interested in buying limited lion and/or nonresident hound licenses can do so beginning Friday, Aug. 18. They will be available first-come, first-served and are ...

As Proposition 127 wades into the science of wildlife management, proponents argue it also asks voters a moral question. In Colorado, the predominant method of hunting mountain lions is hound ...