The Indiana Department of Natural Resources opened the controversial bobcat trapping season this month. Some say more data is needed.

The state's natural resource managers will hold a public hearing Thursday in southern Indiana on the upcoming bobcat trapping set to start next year despite concerns from many Hoosiers. The Natural ...

Only 40 counties, all in southern Indiana, are open to bobcat trapping, where bobcat populations are strongest.

Natural Resources Commission member Patrick Early (left), department Director Dan Bortner and commission Chair Bryan Poynter at a commission meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (Leslie Bonilla ...

The Indiana Natural Resources Commission opened its second public comment period for the upcoming bobcat trapping season, which is set to begin next year. The season, which has been welcomed by some ...

About a dozen people gathered Thursday at the Johnson County Fairgrounds in Franklin to ask the Indiana Natural Resources Commission to set a regulated trapping of bobcats quota to zero and to allow ...

The Indiana Natural Resources Commission is considering a new rule allowing trophy hunters and trappers to kill up to 250 bobcats. A hearing on the new rule will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 14 at the ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has voted to allow bobcat trapping in 40 counties across the state. It has an issue that regulators have been debating since at least ...

RENO, Nev. - Bobcat fur coats have become a hot item among the fashion-conscious in Russia and China, leading to a big jump in prices and exports for the soft, spotted pelts. The fur's booming ...

Unlike the rest of modern wildlife management, killing bobcats is unregulated, driven not by science but by fur prices. We’re stuck in the 19th century when market hunters, for example, shot boatloads ...

After receiving more than 3,000 public comments, Indiana’s Natural Resources Commission on Tuesday approved rules for a bobcat trapping season after lawmakers mandated it last year. The season will ...

Natural Resources Commission member Patrick Early (left), department Director Dan Bortner and commission Chair Bryan Poynter at a commission meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (Leslie Bonilla ...