Lynx Births a Boon to Reintroduction Effort
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Two lynxes have been born in the Colorado wilderness, the first confirmed offspring in a 4-year-old program aimed at reintroducing the cats to the state’s southwestern mountains.
A lynx released in 2000 gave birth in the San Juan Mountains, said a spokesman for the Colorado Division of Wildlife. Biologists found the female and two kittens in a remote den at 11,000 feet on Wednesday.
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