THE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY has stepped up to the plate and brought a lawsuit against the USFW Service for allowing the State of Maine to continue allowing an annual trapping season that targets coyotes, foxes, mink and other "furbearers"............Maine's lynx population is endangered and the only breeding one east of the Mississippi ............... As a result, Lynx are protected under the Endangered Species Act which states that Maine cannot authorize such “incidental” harm to lynx without an “incidental take permit” issued by the Fish and Wildlife Service............ Today’s lawsuit challenges the Service’s permit issued to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife last year covering the state’s trapping programs..........The challenged permit allows, over the next 15 years, for three trapped lynx to be killed, nine to suffer severe injury and subsequent rehabilitation, and 183 to suffer “minor” injuries and be immediately released............ Since the permit was issued in November 2014, trappers have already reported killing two lynx and capturing more than 20 others........... More have likely fallen victim to traps, as the Service reports that 75 percent of trapped lynx are not reported.

Lawsuit Filed to Protect Canada Lynx From Trapping Deaths, Injuries in Maine