Litter of lynx kittens heartens Colo. biologists

Jun 27th, 2009 - Washington Post

Related content:

DENVER -- The discovery of 10 lynx kittens this spring marks the first newborns documented in Colorado since 2006, heartening biologists overseeing restoration of the mountain feline.

The tuft-eared cats with big, padded feet were native to Colorado, but were wiped out by the early 1970s by logging, trapping, poisoning and development. They are listed as threatened on the endangered species list.

Biologists found no kittens the past two years, possibly partly because of a drop in the number of snowshoe hares, the cats' main food source.

Read the whole story on Washington Post or try our Toolbar
Bookmark and Share
blog comments powered by Disqus

Related stories:

  • Francine Hardaway: Economies of Scale in Health Care Reform

    Jun 27th, 2009 - The Huffington Post

    I've been listening avidly to all the different points of view about health care reform, and the only conclusion I've come to is that almost anything is better than what we have. On Bloomberg the other day...

More stories ...