It is unfortunate that the legislature did not see fit to change wildlife management law. The changes are the right thing to do.

Colorado wildlife is commonwealth, belonging to everyone, and not just the hunters. The current state law that mandates wildlife management for hunting is unfair. Non-hunters are much more numerous than the hunters. Why should wildlife be managed for the benefit of the minority?

Wildlife watching and hunting are not compatible activities. When animals are hunted, they are afraid of humans. Hunting is essentially wildlife harassment, and causes animals to abandon habitat. Hunters have been misleading the public on the wildlife management issue. Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s wildlife management is not actually rigorous science because of institutional pro-hunting bias. Rigorous science requires critical peer review. The state’s wildlife management is not subject to critical peer review, and is not rigorously scientific. 

Anecdotally, I’ve seen wildlife populations disappear from thousands of acres prime habitat, because it is subject to intense hunting pressure.  Hunting pressure and a growing human population are disrupting more and more habitat. Consequently, changes to wildlife management are necessary, so that wildlife is more tolerant of humans, and less fearful of being killed.  

CPW has a conflict of interest, because so many employees work in hunting management, which is funded by selling hunting licenses. Additionally, the agency is misleading the public on the economic benefits of hunting.

The Earth is changing due to human overpopulation, the human population’s mass is now 20 times greater than the mass of large mammals. Additionally, the domestic animal mass is now 20 times greater than the mass of large mammals. So, Its about time that Colorado changes its 100-year-old wildlife management laws, and preserves its natural heritage to some small degree.