MINNEAPOLIS — Most snare traps will be banned from Northeastern Minnesota to prevent accidental taking of the endangered and federally protected Canada lynx, following a federal judge's order ...

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.

Today’s court order bans most uses of strangulation snares in the “Lynx Management Zone,” which covers the arrowhead region of the state, northeast of U.S. Highway 53. In that same area, which is core ...

The Center wants to see the DNR to ban all snares in the lynx’s primary range in the state, namely Northeastern Minnesota, and also require a special exclusion device on conibear traps.

The lynx was listed as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act in 2000. Because of the threat of Maine’s coyote-snaring program to the lynx, the state and the federal Fish and ...

While state trapping laws have been tightened in the lynx range of northeastern Minnesota, the DNR still allows trappers to set snares and other traps in the region for other fur-bearing animals.