She says it was never her intention to have the cougar killed, but hoped game officials would get it away from her ranch.

The mother and father arrive shortly after the boy enters a classroom and fires a round into the ceiling.

Large-scale industrial farmers are pushing for changes that would make it harder for states to further regulate the way they do business.

Changing the policy would require an act of Congress, and there are no signs that lawmakers plan to move swiftly to alter the law.