When a single mountain lion killed 23 sheep in one night on Scott Chew's ranch near Jensen, Utah, it wasn't just another livestock loss. For the fourth-generation rancher and state representative, it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Years ago, Ben killed his first bear with a pocketknife—and in the fifty years that followed, he killed several thousand more.” ...

Wildlife advocates have petitioned the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission to repeal two rules the commission adopted several years ago that allowed hunters to harvest more cougars and bears. The ...

Hunters in Utah might soon have the option to catch more cougars. On Thursday, the Utah Wildlife Board will decide whether to authorize an additional 72 cougar-hunting permits for the upcoming season ...

Scott Chew, a Utah state representative for Uintah County and fourth generation rancher, keeps records of his sheep killed by cougars. While he suspects the average to be about 15 a year, there was ...

The emotional, divisive conflict over the length of the mountain-lion-hunting season is clearly not over, two years after a unanimous Arizona Game and Fish Commission vote to cut it from year-round to ...