DENVER (BNN)-- The 2020 documentary "Tiger King" made Joe Exotic a home name. But it likewise elevated his veteran bane, animal rights supporter Carole Baskin.
She's using her celeb to support a new tally effort in Colorado. Baskin joined Channel 2 for a special discussion..
Baskin claims the "prize searching" of mountain lions, together with the searching of bobcats and lynx for their pelts, ought to be banned. She is backing the work of the not-for-profit "Cats Aren't Trophies.".
Photos: Yearling mountain lions saved from Vallecito Reservoir spillway.
The grassroots group is looking for signatures for a tally step to be presented to Colorado citizens this fall..
" When you have prize hunters, they take out the greatest cats they can discover, the earliest felines, the most gorgeous, and these are the felines that keep the environment together," Baskin said. "It amazes me that there are people that discover it fun to find these animals and eliminate them, to torture and maim and kill them, and call it searching.".
Colorado Parks and Wildlife hasn't taken a position on the proposed tally measure, but it's worth noting that trophy searching is already technically "unlawful" in Colorado. Hunters are needed to use and eat what they eliminate.
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