endangered species

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Illegal shooting is responsible for the stagnating numbers of endangered Mexican gray wolves in New Mexico’s Gila National Forest and land in Arizona, reveals a survey released today by the National Forest Service.
Although 11 pups survived the breeding season, 11 wolves died in 2008 — at least five of them illegally shot.

The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday that it has begun the process of offering endangered species protection to the Canada lynx, a big furry cat that is protected in other states. As NMI has noted, the animal was reintroduced to Colorado 1999, and since then, approximately 60 of the cats have wandered [...]

If you came across a Canada lynx while taking out the trash one night, you would not mistake it for a stray cat. The Canada lynx is a ferocious-looking, wildly furry creature bigger than a bobcat, standing about two feet tall at the shoulder. It has been known to kill deer, but mostly it preys [...]