Hounds chased a National Park mountain lion into a tree. Then Greg Gianforte shot it.

[Zorro]

The lion was killed late last year on U.S. Forest Service land. Gianforte’s office said the hunt was legal.

GARDINER, Mont.— On public land north of Yellowstone National Park late last year, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) shot and killed a mountain lion that was being monitored by National Park Service staff, after hunting dogs had chased it up a tree.

The mountain lion hunt, which has not been previously reported, occurred on Dec. 28 on a swath of U.S. Forest Service land southwest of Emigrant, Mont., according to residents familiar with the episode who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preserve relationships in the community. Less than a year earlier, Gianforte killed a Yellowstone wolf in a similar area that was wearing a tracking collar, prompting an outcry among environmentalists.

The 5-year-old mountain lion was wearing a GPS-tracking collar that Yellowstone biologists use to monitor the rare and elusive predators. Park staff knew the animal by its research number: M220.

Gianforte’s press secretary, Brooke Stroyke, confirmed on Monday that the governor had hunted the mountain lion. She said he had a valid license, drove the lion up into a tree and shot it on public land.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/03/01/gianforte-yellowstone-mountain-lion-hunt/

[cilla4progress]

1. Isnt that why you run for

Governor?

Free complimentary hunting?

[Phoenix61]

2. I really hate that asshat. Is it wrong to

hope the lion wins the best time?

[MLAA]

4. I'm with you. Go team Mountain Lions.

[Sneederbunk]

3. Sportsman of the Year.

[Kittycatkat]

5. Sounds about right for Gianforte. POS.

[Rob H.]

6. He's an asshole

Young Earth creationist, anti-choice, anti-LGBT, opposes people retiring because “it’s not biblical,” slammed a Guardian reporter to the ground because he didn’t like the question and then claimed the reporter grabbed him first, just a really shitty human being.

[Cracklin Charlie]

7. That animal was a government employee.

It was wearing government property, on government property. And he’s done this before.

He should be prosecuted for murder.

[edhopper]

8. People like him is not what is wrong with America

What is wrong with America is voters elect people like him.

[2naSalit]

9. And that's only because...

He hasn't figured out how to get away with it inside Yellowstone NP. Fucking fucker.

[StarryNite]

10. Piece of shit.

I can only imagine how he treats his dogs.