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Suit targets lynx habitat trapping

A lawsuit that could restrict trapping across much of Idaho is being heard in a Boise court today. Arguments are being presented involving inadvertent trapping of federally protected Canada lynx. The Center for Biological Diversity and three other groups say Idaho is violating the Endangered Species Act by allowing recreational trapping that sometimes catches the seldom-seen predator, the Associated Press reports/Rich Landers, Outdoors blog. More here.

Question: Do you generally support trapping?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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