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Aug 20 2015 Wildlife Groups Sue to Stop Maine’s Trapping Season to Protect Canada Lynx
Three wildlife conservation groups filed a federal lawsuit Monday to stop Maine’s fur-trapping season in an effort to prevent the accidental killing of Canada lynx, a federally protected species. -
Dec 14 2014 New Lynx Estimate Will Help Maine, Federal Wildlife Agencies Deal With Trapping Concerns
The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife ordered the halt of all above-ground trapping in the northern half of the state in response to the death of two Canada lynx that were killed in traps this fall. -
Dec 04 2014 Nearly 20 Lynx Caught in Traps in Maine This Fall as Trapping Rules Loosened
A federally protected Canada lynx has been killed by a trap and nearly 20 others have been caught but not killed this fall, including five or six since the federal government’s approval last month of a trapping plan administered by the state of Maine -
Aug 27 2014 Untrapping Pet Dogs a Rite of the New West
"Throughout the Rockies there's another danger - a holdover from the frontier - that looms for pets: leg-hold traps and snares."