DENVER—A lynx trapped in Canada and released in southwestern Colorado in 2003 traveled 1,200 miles back to Canada where it got caught in a trap and died earlier this year.
The 9-year-old lynx made it to near Nordegg, Alberta, about 240 miles northeast of Kamloops, British Columbia, where it had been captured for release in Colorado as part of a lynx reintroduction program.
Colorado Division of Wildlife officials had placed a radio collar on the lynx and had followed it for years before losing contact with it in 2007. Researchers say the lynx fathered kittens in 2005 and in 2006, which were born near Silverton.
A trapper in Canada contacted wildlife officials after finding the collar when the lynx got caught in a trap on Jan. 28.
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Information from: The Denver Post,
