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Senate advances HB 79 to allow county option for limited night predator control amid safety concerns
Summary
The Senate advanced HB 79 to allow counties to opt into limited nighttime predator control (skunks, coyotes and similar species). Debate focused on public-safety concerns, potential for poaching and whether a sunset provision should be added; the sunset motion failed and the bill passed to third reading.
House Bill 79, brought from the Energy, Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee, would give counties the option to allow limited night hunting to control predator populations affecting upland game and livestock.
The sponsor said the measure is targeted at rural counties with predator problems and would generally not apply in urban…
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