If the measure were to win, it would repeal the special protected status that was provided by Proposition 117 in 1990. 117 already allows for professional hunters to kill specific animals that endanger humans, livestock and pets. If put back in the hands of Fish and Game, you can expect high priced hunting permits and a waiting list a mile long for people who want their shot at big game. According to the pro-hunting spin doctors, it won't be long before you will have to protect your family and FiFi, your frantic poodle, from one of the marauding predators. Some Westerners tell you that animals have no rights, and that human interests take precedence of all.
Wildlife is no longer the only target.
Those working to protect western ecosystems are being threatened with guns. One rancher in New Mexico has threatened to shoot anyone trying to remove his cattle from federal land. Eat or be eaten, it doesn't get more basic than that. Humans have decided that they can eat anything they want, including mountain lions, yet refuse to allow themselves to be dinner. If we are going to deal out justice, it should be equally dispersed.