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  • Lawsuit Launched to Protect Rare Lynx From Traps in Idaho

    Press Release

    Increase in State-permitted Fur Trapping Leads to Illegal Trapping of Wild Cat BOISE, Idaho— Three conservation groups initiated a lawsuit today against the Governor of Idaho and other state officials to halt trapping that illegally kills one of the rarest cats in the United States, the Canada lynx. The Center for Biological Diversity, Western Watersheds…

  • Lynx from Canada are moving into New Hampshire

    Ralph Maughan

    New Hampshire Fish and Game trying to document them after 4 kittens found– Sightings have been increasing and New Hampshire Fish and Game is fundraising so it will have money to create a conservation plan for lynx. Story. WMUR Television. http://www.wildnh.com/Wildlife/Nongame/support_nongame.htm

  • Judge Molloy: FWS plan excluded possible lynx habitat

    Ralph Maughan

    USFWS arbitrarily failed to include vast acreage of lynx habitat as “critical habitat” This is a very important decision for the future of the lynx, which had been added to ESA protection. Molloy rules lynx plan arbitrarily excluded possible ‘critical habitat‘. By Michael Jamison. Missoulian. This is the second go round on the size of…

  • 10 lynx kittens found in 5 dens in Colorado

    Ralph Maughan

    These are third generation kittens from the original reintroduction- Third-generation cats mark milestone for state wildlife program. Bob Berwyn. Aspen Times. This is a happy uptake in the number of lynx kittens.

  • Conservation groups not satisfied with new critical habitat boundaries for lynx

    Ralph Maughan

    Sierra Club and others file lawsuit- The recent designation of more critical habitat for the recovery of the lynx was another response to Julie MacDonald’s political meddling during the Bush Administration. The major remaining point of contention is the desired addition of Colorado where a state-funded lynx restoration project that brought lynx in from Canada,…

  • Snowmobile groups sue over enlarged designation of lynx habitat

    Ralph Maughan

    Snowmobile tracks aid the survival of predatory competitors of lynx in deep snow- Snowmobile groups sue to set aside the improved designation of lynx habitat. By Ben Neary. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. AP They are saying that more environmental analysis is needed. Some conservation groups are suing too, saying not enough habitat was set aside. It is…

  • Caturday Big Cat Blog

    Ralph Maughan

    An interesting blog in Backpacker- One especially relevant passage . . . “When you feed pets outside in a rural setting, other things often show up for dinner.” Caturday Big Cat Blog. By Steve Howe. Backpacker.

  • Missing lynx? Reintroduced Colorado lynx suddenly stop breeding

    Ralph Maughan

    Missing lynx? Reintroduced cats suddenly stop breeding. By Dave Buchanan. Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. Ten years ago lynx were reintroduced to Colorado. For a number of years there was a release of lynx each year, and it took a while for survival rates to grow and reproduction to begin. However, for the last 4 years…

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