Mule deer herds are declining across the West for many reasons. But three states — Utah, Wyoming and Nevada — want to both pin the blame on mountain lions and “resolve” the issue by using cruel traps ...

This means lions or other trapped animals could suffer for days in leghold traps or foot snares until the trapper arrives to kill them. Here’s the basic issue: States blame lions for the decline in ...

An incurable infectious brain disease that’s deadly to deer, elk and moose continues to stalk the land. By 2015, it had expanded to 23 states and two ...

Editor’s note: A version of this post was first published on March 30, 2022. The desert mule deer is a common sight in the Trans-Pecos region of west Texas, but when wildlife biologists ...