Minnesota DNR changes trapping rules to protect lynx

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ByMelissa Turtinen

PublishedMarch 31, 2023 1:07PM

https://www.fox9.com/news/minnesota-dnr-changes-trapping-rules-to-protect-lynx

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Canada lynx in Minnesota. (Photo by Sylvain CORDIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)(Getty Images)

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9)-The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has finalized changes to trapping rules, which are aimed a minimizing the risk aCanada lynxwill be accidentally trapped in Minnesota.

This comes after a federal judge approved a settlement between the DNR and the Center for Biological Diversity. This consent decree resolves an action brought by the Center for Biological Diversity in 2020 related to Canada lynx protections, the DNR said in a news release.

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“We will move forward with implementing the agreed-upon changes and believe these steps will further reduce the already low accidental mortality of lynx from trapping,” John Erb, DNR research biologist, said in a…

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