ST. LOUIS -- Ken Staley spends days setting traps in pursuit of beavers, otters, raccoons and muskrats. Yet the southwestern Illinois man for years has craved the chance to catch a more exotic prey: ...

After much debate and study, Indiana has a new state law creating a limited bobcat season in counties experiencing population increases. Indiana has gone through tremendous measures to gather ...

There’s a fine line when it comes to maintaining a balance between predator and prey, and there are signs that the scales have started to tip. When coyotes burst onto the scene a couple decades ago, ...

The animal-rights group Cats Aren’t Trophies says it has collected enough voter signatures to put a mountain lion and bobcat hunting ban on the Colorado ballot this November. CATS made a concerted ...

As Proposition 127 wades into the science of wildlife management, proponents argue it also asks voters a moral question. In Colorado, the predominant method of hunting mountain lions is hound hunting, ...

ST. LOUIS — Ken Staley spends days setting traps in pursuit of beavers, otters, raccoons and muskrats. Yet the southwestern Illinois man for years has craved the chance to catch a more exotic prey: ...