I have been saying this for 42 years now.  The ODFW, (oregon department of fish &wildlife), does not value its wildlife animals.  You read articles here and there that  the ODFW  states ," come visit the state, we have incredible natural resources in geographic s and wildlife,  we value and protect our wonderful  abundance of wildlife".   I call BULL......... every time someone calls in a cougar sighting or bear sighting,  the state game killer comes out and kills it.  They hide behind statements such as, "it could eat a child".   These animals can be tranquilized and relocated back to their natural  habitat.  

States such as Washington state, even California, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, and many other states DO respect and VALUE their wildlife and you read all the time that when they have  a problem animal, they TRANQUILIZE it,  bring in the helicopter, and move it 200-400+ miles away back to its normal habitat range.