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From our editorial today.

In 2004, the Legislature, at the behest of Rep. Joel Kretz, R-Wauconda.,…adopted a pilot project that allowed the use of dogs in five counties where cougars had become a public safety concern. Now that it has proved to be a success, it deserves permanent status.

Cougar hunting: With dogs, without dogs, your turn to bark up this opinion tree.