Three conservation groups filed a federal court lawsuit Thursday against Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks commissioners and Director Jeff Hagener for allowing trapping and snaring in Canada lynx ...

Animal welfare groups have agreed to drop a lawsuit against the state of Minnesota in exchange for the state's pledge to reduce accidental trapping of threatened lynx. The Humane Society of the United ...

MINNEAPOLIS— A federal judge today ordered the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to ban most uses of strangulation snares in northeastern Minnesota. This legal win resolves the Center for ...

HELENA, Mont.— The Center for Biological Diversity notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today of its intent to sue over the permitting of a Montana wolf pelt export program that may harm ...

A national environmental group says it will file suit to change how the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources allows trapping of animals like bobcat, fisher and marten because those traps also are ...

Minnesota will restrict strangulation snares and other traps in the northeastern part of the state to settle a federal lawsuit over Canada lynx dying in traps set for other animals. The changes are ...

The Canada Lynx was listed under the federal Endangered Species Act in 2000. Its federally designated critical habitat includes northeastern Minnesota. (Photo by Washington Department of Fish and ...

.DULUTH, Minn. (AP) _ Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials have come up with a plan to reduce the number of protected Canada lynx that get caught in traps. A federal judge has approved ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must do more to keep Canada lynx out of bobcat traps, a federal court judge has ruled. While bobcats may be trapped, lynx have protection as a threatened species ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- There's a change to Minnesota trapping rules, with hopes to protect rare Canada lynx from getting caught in traps intended for other animals. The consent decree resolves an action ...

The federal government on Wednesday unveiled a scaled-back plan to name critical habit for lynx, designating only parts of national parks as areas where special regulations would be in place. The ...