“I think any time you return an animal to an ecosystem where it has been removed from, you’re restoring a sense of balance to that ecosystem,”said Rose Piccinini, senior biologist with the Colville Tribe’s Fish and Wildlife Department. The tribe is translocating Canada lynx from Canada. Biologists said they hope to bring 10 lynx per year to the Colville Reservation over the next five years. So far, the team has trapped five lynx in British Columbia, half of its goal for the season, Piccinini said. Lynx look similar to bobcats, only slightly larger, she said, with long black ear tufts and a shorter, black-tipped tail. Lynx also are known for their large paws.Ĭourtesy of the Colville Tribes A biologist shows off a Canada lynx paw. Once the team traps a lynx, it’s anesthetized and fitted with a GPS collar. “When you look at it, it's just built for the winter,” Piccinini said. The lynx have big, fuzzy paws that keep them up on top of the snow, which allows them to easily chase snowshoe hare, a main source of food for cats, Piccinini said. In the Lower 48, lynx have run up against mismanaged forests and catastrophic wildfires that have destroyed their habitat.
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