But hunting groups, ranchers and Oregonians who live in cougar country say Oregon’s cougar count severely underestimates the state’s actual population. Conservationists argue it’s too high.

Cougar hunting bill gets Oregon House approval. Updated: Apr. 23, ... According to state estimates, the number of cougars in Oregon has gone from 3,000 to nearly 6,000 over the past two decades.

A cougar is seen in 2016 in the Beulah Wildlife Management Unit in Oregon’s Malheur County. A fatal cougar attack has reignited debates over hound hunting and cougar management in Oregon.

Lawmakers, citizens debate whether to ease a voter-approved ban on using dogs to hunt cougars and bears. ... Cougar hunting bills sharpen Oregon's urban-rural divide. Updated: Apr. 02, ...

Cougar management was a hot topic in the 1990s, following the passage of Oregon Measure 18, which banned hunting cougars with hounds. Two years after the measure passed, another one was submitted ...

Cougar hunting will reopen in the new year (Jan. 1) PORTLAND, Ore. – Cougar season is closed for the Oregon Coast Range and North Cascades, state officials said Tuesday.

Counties could opt out of Oregon’s ban on cougar hunting with dogs under a bill that proponents claim is needed to protect livestock and wildlife. Under Senate Bill 769, voters could exclude ...

Oregon sport hunters killed an average of 261 cougars each year during the past decade, according to state numbers, even as cougar numbers kept increasing. “There’s no evidence that hunting ...

Later last week, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials shot and killed a female cougar after hunting with hounds, and sent samples to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife laboratory in Ashland to ...

A fatal cougar attack has reignited debates over hound hunting and cougar management in Oregon. Groups of Oregonians, particularly hound hunters, say that Oregon’s cougar population is growing ...

Opponents counter that SB 769 is an “anti-democratic” attempt to subvert the will of Oregon voters, who wanted to prohibit cougar hunting with dogs statewide and not just in individual counties.