Editing Catch and release (section)

== Similar hunting practices ==
A similar practice, called "tree and free", uses [[hunting dogs]] to chase a bear or [[mountain lion]] up a tree, and then letting the predator escape.<ref>{{Cite news |title=A Mountain Lion Attacked My Nephews. What Could Have Stopped It? |work=The New York Times |date=31 December 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/magazine/mountain-lion-attack.html |last1=Brooks |first1=Malcolm }}</ref> [[Treeing]] large predators in such a manner can encourage them to stay away from humans through fear.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scaring cougars for science: Research in northeast Washington looks at effectiveness, long term impacts of hazing {{!}} The Spokesman-Review |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/mar/05/can-cougars-change-research-in-northeast-washingto/ |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=www.spokesman.com|date=5 March 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Flatt |first=Courtney |date=11 March 2021 |title=WA effort on training hounds to haze cougars worries conservationists {{!}} Cascade PBS |url=https://www.cascadepbs.org/environment/2021/03/wa-effort-training-hounds-haze-cougars-worries-conservationists |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=www.cascadepbs.org |language=en}}</ref>