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JEFFERSON CITY, (AP) — A state senator has introduced legislation clarifying that anyone in Missouri may kill a mountain lion.
Republican Sen. Bill Stouffer, of Napton, offered the proposal Thursday. His bill would require anyone who kills a mountain lion to report immediately to a state conservation agent and surrender the body within 24 hours.
Missouri statutes are currently silent on the killing of mountain lions.
The Department of Conservation says Missouri has had 27 confirmed mountain lion sightings since 1994, mostly in southern sections near the Arkansas border.
In January, a man in Reynolds County caught a live male mountain lion in a large cage trap. Conservation agents collected DNA samples and released the cat into the wild.
JEFFERSON CITY, (AP) — A state senator has introduced legislation clarifying that anyone in Missouri may kill a mountain lion.
Republican Sen. Bill Stouffer, of Napton, offered the proposal Thursday. His bill would require anyone who kills a mountain lion to report immediately to a state conservation agent and surrender the body within 24 hours.
Missouri statutes are currently silent on the killing of mountain lions.
The Department of Conservation says Missouri has had 27 confirmed mountain lion sightings since 1994, mostly in southern sections near the Arkansas border.
In January, a man in Reynolds County caught a live male mountain lion in a large cage trap. Conservation agents collected DNA samples and released the cat into the wild.
