“According to a 2023 Colorado Outdoors report, there have been 25 known mountain lion attacks in the state since 1990—the last fatal attack occurring in 1997 when a 10- year-old boy was killed in Rocky Mountain National Park.
The topic of mountain lion attacks and the status of the big cats is now top of mind in Colorado as initiative 91 (a proposed ban on mountain lion and bobcat hunting in the state) will soon be assigned a proposition number and will appear on the November ballot.
The effort to ban the hunt has largely been funded by a Washington D.C.-based animal rights groups, however, not from grassroots proponents within Colorado. Animal Wellness Action (AWA) and its affiliate organization, the Center for a Humane Economy (CHE) have provided most of the financial backing for Initiative 91. The organizations were founded by former Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) chief Wayne Pacelle who was ousted from his HSUS role under a cloud of sexual harassment allegations in 2018.”
