Conservationists Try to Save Lynx in New Mexico

Another example of the US Fish and Wildlife Service screwing a species. But I'm probably in the minority when I say that this didn't just start with the Bush Administration. It's an ongoing problem that won't go away with a new administration, regardless of whose that is.

The federal government lists the elusive, furry cats as threatened in 14 states — but not in New Mexico.

"We've thought the Fish and Wildlife Service's position on lynx in New Mexico is very odd," said Nicole Rosmarino of WildEarth Guardians, one of the groups that sued. "Once lynx cross from Colorado into New Mexico — which they have been doing — they're suddenly not protected anymore. We don't think that makes any sense."

The Colorado Division of Wildlife, which has released more than 200 lynx in Colorado since 1999, tracked about 60 of the animals into New Mexico's Taos, Rio Arriba and San Juan counties between 1999 and 2006, the lawsuit said.

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