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New cause for State Sen. Ernie Chambers: repealing cougar hunting law
http://www.omaha.com/article/20131118/NEWS/131118670/1685#new-cause-for-state-sen-ernie-chambers-repealing-cougar-hunting-law
Published Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 1:00 am / Updated at 1:05 am
By David Hendee
Nebraska's modest mountain lion population has a new defender with parliamentary cunning and sharp legislative fangs and claws.
State Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha is drafting legislation to repeal a 2012 law used by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission to establish the state's first cougar hunting season next year.
“There is no need or justification whatsoever to hunt these animals,'' Chambers said Monday. “It's cruelty. It's barbaric. I will do what I can to stop it.''
Chambers said he is prepared to oppose any legislation involving Game and Parks until the commission rescinds the season.
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