Environmental group sues Minnesota DNR over trapping of lynx
Contends that the agency isn’t doing enough to protect endangered lynx from trapping.
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Lawsuit launched to protect Minnesota’s lynx from trapping
MINNEAPOLIS — The Center for Biological Diversity today notified the Minnesota DNR of plans to sue the agency for permitting trapping that harms Canada lynx, in violation of the Endangered Species Act. In the past decade, state and federal agencies have documented captures of 16 lynx in traps set for other wildlife in Minnesota, six of which resulted in death. As few…
Alaska nixes lynx trapping on Kenai Peninsula
(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)KENAI, Alaska — Lynx trapping will not open up on the Kenai Peninsula this year as populations of the wildcat and its prey move through a low cycle. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced last week that the trapping season will stay closed for the peninsula and the region east of the Turnagain and…
Colorado lynx touted on social media died of natural causes
The lynx that died had an identity chip indicating it was born in 2005 to a cat that had been reintroduced to the state
Recent lynx sighting brings back memories of another Rocky Mountain encounter
A recent highly-publicized sighting of a lynx just a few miles from where I saw one, also acting surprisingly nonchalant, got me wondering if it could possibly be the same animal
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