Resources
Volunteer Resources
- Petition Circulator Training Video
- Rules for Signature Gathering
- Tips for Signature Gathering
- Poster for Signature Gathering Location
Fact Sheets/Information
- AZ Cruelty Factsheet
- Natural History of Bobcats
- Natural History of Jaguars
- Natural History of Lynx
- Natural History of Mountain Lions
- Natural History of Ocelots
- Wild Cat Factsheet
- Wild Cat Myths vs. Facts
Scientific studies concerning trophy hunting
Darimont, C. T., et al. (2017). "Why men trophy hunt." Biology Letters (3): http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/13/13/20160909.
Elbroch, L. M., et al. (2017). "Contrasting bobcat values." Biodiversity and Conservation. https://www.springerprofessional.de/en/contrasting-bobcat-values/13278284
The Humane Society of the United States (2017). "State of the Mountain Lion: A call to end the trophy hunting of America’s lion." humanesociety.org/stateofthemountainlion
Carter, N. H. and J. D. C. Linnell (2016). "Co-Adaptation Is Key to Coexisting with Large Carnivores." Trends in Ecology & Evolution 31(8): 575-578. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2016.05.006
George, K. A., et al. (2016). "Changes in attitudes toward animals in the United States from 1978 to 2014." Biological Conservation 201: 237-242. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320716302774
Gilbert, S. L., et al. (2016). "Socioeconomic Benefits of Large Carnivore Recolonization Through Reduced Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions." Conservation Letters. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12280
The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International (2016). "Cecil II: Trophy Hunting Amerca's Lion." https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0GqgKr1XwGQaE9zZUxoNlhJLWs/view.
Teichman, K. J., et al. (2016). "Hunting as a management tool? Cougar-human conflict is positively related to trophy hunting." BMC Ecology 16(1): 44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12898-016-0098-4
Darimont, C. T., et al. (2015). "The unique ecology of human predators." Science 349(6250): 858-860. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/349/6250/858.full?ijkey=k0Rf3UDoMMsvA&keytype=ref&siteid=sci
Wielgus, R. B., et al. (2013). "Effects of male trophy hunting on female carnivore population growth and persistence." Biological Conservation 167: 69-75. <Go to ISI>://WOS:000328804300009
Cooley, H. S., et al. (2009). "Does hunting regulate cougar populations? A test of the compensatory mortality hypothesis." Ecology 90(10): 2913-2921. <Go to ISI>://WOS:000270274200026
Coltman, D. W., et al. (2003). "Undesirable evolutionary consequences of trophy hunting." Nature 426(6967): 655-658. <Go to ISI>://000187132800039
Kalof, L. and A. Fitzgerald (2003). "Reading the trophy: exploring the display of dead animals in hunting magazines." Visual Studies 18(2): 112-122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14725860310001631985