Maine settles API lawsuit by agreeing to restrict trapping

in Animal News on October 05, 2007

The state has agreed to restrict trapping in northern Maine to protect Canada lynx. The commissioner of Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife signed a consent decree Thursday to settle a lawsuit by the Animal Protection Institute that claimed the agency is liable for lynx that accidentally get injured or killed by traps set for other animals.

Trapping restricted to protect Canada lynx
John Richardson
Portland Press Herald

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