Ken Logan and Linda Sweanor, cougar biologists with a total of 51 years experience studying cougars, devised a strategy for managing them by dividing a state into different zones: Zone 1 for controlled killing in areas crowded with people or livestock, Zone 2 for sport hunting, and Zone 3 as cougar refuges. Like concentric circles. (See http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/cougars.html )
Many of the country’s cougar experts have recommended that wildlife agencies adopt such a zone management plan.…