The Elephant in the room: What can we learn from California regarding the use of sport hunting of pumas (Puma concolor) as a management tool?
This study evaluates the effectiveness of sport hunting as a puma management tool by comparing California (no hunting) to 10 hunting states, finding no support for claims that hunting reduces puma density, human encounters, livestock predation, or impacts on ungulates.
bioRxiv · Oct 21, 2019Ecology