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Lawsuit targets controversial plan to kill carnivores in Colorado

RBC I Conservationists are suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services over its carnivore-killing program in Colorado. Included in the larger program are plans to kill up to 120 mountain lions and black bears in Colorado in an attempt to reduce predation on the state’s mule deer population.

The suit argues that the program failed to fully analyze the environmental impacts of its destruction of wildlife in Colorado, including other native carnivores like coyotes…