OLYMPIA — Fifteen years after Washington voters banned using dogs to hunt cougars, lawmakers want to set permanent hunting seasons allowing licensed hunters to use hounds to track the cats. The ...

A new bill in the Washington Senate aims to stop a controversial policy in Klickitat County, where the sheriff deputized six hound handlers to track and kill any cougars he deemed to be a safety ...

RICH BEAUSOLEIL, WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE Washington State University graduate student Hilary Cooley with a hound used to track cougars for research. ROBERT HUBNER, WASHINGTON STATE ...

A new bill before the Washington State Legislature has sparked intense debate among lawmakers, wildlife advocates and local law enforcement. Senate Bill 5482 seeks to end the use of dogs by local law ...

Stevens County Sheriff Brad Manke testified this week against a bill that would prevent his wildlife specialist from using hounds to hunt cougars, black bears or bobcats without prior authorization ...

WATERTOWN — After receiving hundreds of written public comments, the state Game, Fish and Parks Commission denied a proposal Thursday that would have allowed the use of dogs to hunt mountain lions in ...