The lack of snow may be behind the recent sightings and rescues of lynx in Kamloops.A female lynx caught on the North Shore in Kamloops last week is current
The Conservation Office Service (COS) said it tranquilized the adult female lynx on Schubert Drive on Jan. 13 and transferred it to the park’s rehabilitation centre. “I would say [it’s] pretty rare. We might get one lynx in a year, so to have two in a shorter period and for them to both be found in a town is quite unusual,” BC Wildlife Park animal care manager Tracy Reynolds told KTW. The cat was found to be emaciated, but had no visible injuries and its teeth were in good condition, according to the COS. Reynolds said the cat is healthy, aside from needing some food, and the plan is to keep it at the park and feed it until it is strong enough to be released back into the wild.
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January 13, 2021 - 3:36 PM The B.C. Wildlife Park is looking after another lynx, the second to have been picked up by conservation officers, after it was seen prowling around the North Shore in Kamloops. Tracy Reynolds, animal care manager for the park, said the adult lynx was brought in by conservation officers at roughly 11 a.m. today, Jan. 13, and it’s quite thin but appears healthy. In recent weeks, both North Shore and Westsyde residents have posted pictures on Facebook about wildcat activity in the area, and the lynx has become an unofficial mascot of a popular Westsyde Facebook group, but Reynolds couldn’t confirm whether the cat caught today is the same one linked to the sightings.