Friday, May 1, 2015

That's one furry cat


Photographer Amy Toensing holds a lynx that is to be reintroduced to the Southern Colorado wilderness. The holding facility behind Toensing held 23 lynx that were looked over by a CDOW vet, 18 of which were collared and released that week. 
In 1999 the Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) began a lynx reintroduction program, trapping the animals in Canada and bringing them to Colorado. The goal is to re-establish the lynx population in the state, which has been nonexistent since the 1970s, to a viable level where the population that can sustain itself. (source

4 comments:

  1. You'll note that it's asleep. If it was awake, those razor sharp claws would make short work of Amy.

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  2. I saw a lynx in Colorado before this program was public. The Division of Wildlife would not admit they were placing cats in the state.

    Dave

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  3. I wouldn't mind taking wildlife photographs with that photographer.
    I'm thinking beaver shots.

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