Right, I mean this is pretty slanderous, tough thing if it was in a liberal Co court that was over seeing it.I wonder, could people who actively hunt lions sue them for defamation? It seems like there could be a strong case if it passes.
Right, I mean this is pretty slanderous, tough thing if it was in a liberal Co court that was over seeing it.I wonder, could people who actively hunt lions sue them for defamation? It seems like there could be a strong case if it passes.
It is the very definition of defamation. They don't have to specifically name you for it to be. I would say it even causes harm before it passes. It definitely hurts the reputation of any hunter, but especially those who hunt cats. How is it not illegal to lie to voters to gather signatures? I have always been into politics, and know everyone lies, but this is nonsense.Right, I mean this is pretty slanderous, tough thing if it was in a liberal Co court that was over seeing it.
It is the very definition of defamation. They don't have to specifically name you for it to be. I would say it even causes harm before it passes. It definitely hurts the reputation of any hunter, but especially those who hunt cats. How is it not illegal to lie to voters to gather signatures? I have always been into politics, and know everyone lies, but this is nonsense.
They had to remove trophy hunting from the ballot initiative because it was false. I mean, their very definition of trophy hunting is that it isn't for food. Which is a blatant lie, considering the law says you have to consume mountain lions you hunt. They are also claiming lion hunters are killing females with kittens. Which is also illegal. Their whole platform is based on lies.Unfortunately not. The reasonable person needs to believe the statement is one of fact, expression of opinion is not defamatory. Regardless of how wrong they are, they are entitled to label it trophy hunting, as that is their opinion.
They had to remove trophy hunting from the ballot initiative because it was false. I mean, their very definition of trophy hunting is that it isn't for food. Which is a blatant lie, considering the law says you have to consume mountain lions you hunt. They are also claiming lion hunters are killing females with kittens. Which is also illegal. Their whole platform is based on lies.
Monday, February 26 6:00-7:30 PM MTI will try to show up to the meeting in Golden, just gotta see where it is at
Yes, they are intentionally using the term “trophy hunting” when that term was removed by the Secretary of State’s Title Board because it did not accurately describe the true intent of the initiative. I don’t think it constitutes fraud or defamation but could invalidate those petitions if they deviate from the actual language in the ballot initiative, would need dig into the rules/regulations on signature gathering to see. I would say it definitely opens them up to public criticism/Op-Eds in the media/news that they are intentionally misleading electors while gathering signatures. Who likes to write? ColoradoPolitics.com seems like a good place to start!
Their training video calls mountain lion hunting "trophy hunting" repeatedly. Says even though the words trophy hunting arent on the ballot initiative, it is good to call it that when gathering signatures because people know what it is and don't approve of it. So once again, they are straight up lying to voters to get some bullshut inititative passed.
Yes, they are intentionally using the term “trophy hunting” when that term was removed by the Secretary of State’s Title Board because it did not accurately describe the true intent of the initiative. I don’t think it constitutes fraud or defamation but could invalidate those petitions if they deviate from the actual language in the ballot initiative, would need dig into the rules/regulations on signature agreeing to see. I would say it definitely opens them up to public criticism/Op-Eds in the media/news that they are intentionally misleading electors while gathering signatures. Who likes to write? ColoradoPolitics.com seems like a good place to start!
You should sign them all "Tiger King" and "Doc Antle" and mail em back.A little set of petitions showed up today… dilly dilly!
I don't think it's many houndsmen harvesting females as much as someone who buys a licenses for the chance encounter. I buy a license every year in case I see a Mtn Lion while out doing activities in the winter. It's pretty hard to identify a male from female at a 100 yards.Who are the houndsmen killing female cats? 43% is a bad look, whether sustainable or not it def looks bad to the disney folks.
The CPW doesn't have a set quota for Male to Female harvest (at least I've never seen a published number) because the license is Either Sex, but they do still shut down units if the Female harvest gets too high.Don’t units have a female quota? So say the quota is 10 loins in zone XYZ with max of two females . It can close the zone with a say 5 loins, 2 females …. So a 40% female harvest.
Where as say the quota was met at 10 and there were two females there would be 20% harvest.
The beauty of hunting with hounds for cats and bears is how selective we can be. I bet my free to kill ratio is over 20 to 1.