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Courtesy | Howell Nature Center
Officials trapped this rare Canada lynx in Harbor Beach Sunday, March 17, 2019, and relocated it to the Howell Nature Center’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic Monday, March 18, 2019.
HARBOR BEACH, MI — The Michigan trapper who captured a rare lynx after it killed a farmer’s pet geese says he wanted to release the animal back into the wild and regrets that state officials took it to a nature center.
He also says he’s faced social media criticism for trapping the animal and some people are wishing him dead.
Jordan Cook, 29, is a beekeeper by trade who lives in Applegate, a village of about 250 people in Sanilac County, along Lake Huron. He’s also a self-taught trapper.
Cook says the owner of McCoy Honey Co. in Harbor Beach, Joseph McCoy, asked for his help after spotting two apparent…
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