What The Mountain Lion Foundation Does:

• Founded in 1986, the Mountain Lion Foundation is dedicated to Saving America ' s Lion ™
  
  
• Sponsored, and later successfully defended, the first statewide mountain lion and wildlife protection initiative ballot measure, California Proposition 117, which banned the trophy hunting of mountain lions in 1990 and allocated $30 million dollars annually to critical wildlife habitat for 30 years
  
  
• Inspired and supported similar initiatives in other states
  
  
• Advocates on behalf of the mountain lion in the media, the courts, legislative bodies, wildlife agencies and communities
  
  
• Educates communities about the ecological significance of mountain lions and how to better protect them while improving public safety
  
  
• Lobbies to provide funding, laws, regulations and policies that support a sustainable and growing population of lions across their historic habitat
  
  
• Promotes the use of science to guide policies which affect ecosystems, and comments on scientific research designs, implementation, and results
  
  
• Seeks to make scientific research accessible for the development and implementation of practical conservation methods
  
  
• Stresses community involvement to identify shared goals and partnerships with diverse organizations and professions
  
  
• Collaborates with livestock and pet owners to promote responsible methods to protect domestic animals from cougars
  
  
• Works with wildlife management agencies at all government levels, to seek out shared goals and propose mutually beneficial activities
  
  
• Trains park rangers and docents, zoo personnel, veterinarians, and other opinion leaders in the wildlife and outdoors professions to provide accurate and relevant information about lions to the general public
  
  
• Provides organizational support in the form of training, publications, staff expertise, and advice to other organizations working to protect mountain lions
  
  
• Maintains an extensive reference library of published and unpublished scientific studies, press clippings, sample comment letters, court briefings, books, laws and legislation related to mountain lions
  
  
• Provides a speakers bureau, information displays, educational exhibits, lectures and workshops
  
  
• Provides website as central clearinghouse for mountain lion activities