Joe Rogan Says Mountain Lions Are Hunting for Pets in Blue States
The Daily BeastUpdated
Wed, December 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM UTC
Joe Rogan has a warning for Americans who love their pets: mountain lions are coming for them—and Democrats are to blame. On the Tuesday episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, the podcaster and UFC commentator claimed that mountain lions, particularly in California, are increasingly preying on household pets because liberal-led states refuse to allow hunters to control their populations. In Rogan’s telling, bans on recreational mountain-lion hunting have transformed neighborhoods into open-season feeding grounds. Rogan told listeners that an analysis of a mountain lion killed near San Francisco found that “50 percent of their diet is eating people’s pets,” though he did not cite a specific study or agency to support the claim. “That means you’re allowing a monster to eat your dog because you think that’s the right thing to do and to be kind with nature,” Rogan said, framing the issue as a political and moral failure.