A Lynx relocated to Colorado went all the way back to Canada, only to be killed by an asshole:
It was an extraordinary journey of 1,200 miles – from Silverton, Colorado to Nordegg, Alberta, Canada.
And although the life of the adventurous vagabond, a 9-year-old Canadian lynx given the scientific name BC-03-M-02, ended in a Canadian trap line on Jan. 28, researchers say the animal lived an amazing life and set a world record for distances lynx have traveled.
“It was an incredible trek,” said Gabriela “Gabby” Yates, the lynx project manager at the University of Alberta in Canada. “The fact of where this started, where it ended and the children this lynx had, it is really an incredible story.”
But the incredible story ended bacause one asshole wanted to make a fur coat for another asshole.
“It is an incredible demonstration of what these animals can do,” she said. “It demonstrates the incredible capacity these cats have.”
The male lynx, then two years old, was captured near Kamloops, British Columbia in 2003. He was released for reintroduction near Creede on April 16, 2003.
For the next four years, the Colorado Division of Wildlife kept track of the collared lynx. During that time, he fathered two sets of kittens, one set of two in 2005, and one set of four in 2006.
The litters were born near Silverton. DOW officials believe the male mated with the same female lynx for both litters.
The last time Shenk was able to find the cat was April 20, 2007, and then he disappeared.
The next human contact that anyone had with the lynx was on Jan. 28, when Bryan Anger, a trapper from Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, found BC-03-M-02 dead in his trap line.
I get that what the trapper is doing is legal, but it is disgusting that anyone would want to destroy such an amazing animal for someone’s vanity.