Animal welfare groups have agreed to drop a lawsuit against the state of Minnesota in exchange for the state's pledge to reduce accidental trapping of threatened lynx. The Humane Society of the United ...

MINNEAPOLIS— A federal judge today ordered the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to ban most uses of strangulation snares in northeastern Minnesota. This legal win resolves the Center for ...

Three conservation groups filed a federal court lawsuit Thursday against Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks commissioners and Director Jeff Hagener for allowing trapping and snaring in Canada lynx ...

Minnesota will restrict strangulation snares and other traps in the northeastern part of the state to settle a federal lawsuit over Canada lynx dying in traps set for other animals. The changes are ...

The Canada Lynx was listed under the federal Endangered Species Act in 2000. Its federally designated critical habitat includes northeastern Minnesota. (Photo by Washington Department of Fish and ...

.DULUTH, Minn. (AP) _ Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials have come up with a plan to reduce the number of protected Canada lynx that get caught in traps. A federal judge has approved ...

NORTH OF COLDFOOT — The lynx looks out from inside a chicken-wire cage. Despite its loss of freedom and the nearby squeaking of boots on cold snow, the wild cat looks calm, as if it might be resting ...

HELENA, Mont.— The Center for Biological Diversity notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today of its intent to sue over the permitting of a Montana wolf pelt export program that may harm ...

The federal government on Wednesday unveiled a scaled-back plan to name critical habit for lynx, designating only parts of national parks as areas where special regulations would be in place. The ...

HELENA, Mont. — Bobcat trappers in northwest Montana caught two lynx last week. Both of the instances were self-reported by the trappers to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. One lynx was found dead in ...