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| SPONSOR: | Madalena | DATE TYPED: | 02/09/00 | HB | HJM 58 | ||
| SHORT TITLE: | Indiscriminate Killing of Cougars | SB | |||||
| ANALYST: | Valenzuela | ||||||
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| FY00 | FY01 | FY00 | FY01 | ||
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(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates SJM 37
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Department of Game and Fish (DGF)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Joint Memorial 58 requests the State Game Commission and the Department of Game and Fish to discontinue its plans to kill cougars. Rather, it requests the commission to implement proactive scientific approaches of preserving the endangered desert bighorn sheep populations.
Significant Issues
Last year, the State Game Commission approved a rule to kill 34 cougars each year, in an effort the preserve bighorn sheep populations throughout New Mexico. The joint memorial indicates that simply killing cougars is not an effective mechanism to the predation problem and indicates that the agency has not pursued all options in this regard.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
House Joint Memorial 58 does not contain an appropriation and would not have a fiscal or administrative impact on the DGF.
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