The only reason Lynx are "Endangered" is because of an invisible line, that Lynx have no idea where is, called the United States border. They are pretected and endangered on this side of that line and there is open season and a thiving population of the other. If the US border was near Bangor then the Pine Marten would be "Endangered". It is rediculous they were even listed!!!

Understand this: Daryl DeJoy's sole goal, in conjunction with PETA and all other "animal rights," anthropomorphizing groups that believe Nemo is a real, talking fish and the movie "Finding Nemo" is an accurate representation of his trials and tribulations, is to END ALL TRAPPING, HUNTING, FISHING AND ANY CONSUMPTIVE USE OF WILDLIFE IN THE WORLD. It's funny when they deny it, but their goal is not funny for those of us that grew up trapping, hunting and fishing in Maine. Stop them dead in their tracks now, or suffer the consequences of this narrow view and abject stupidity down the road.

It seems like another invisible line is just south of Kittery. When you get south of that line we have something else that is endangered. It is called COMMON SENSE. Also I thought PETA means People Eating Tastey Animals. I agree we need to stop these groups and protect Maine and keep it the way it is. If this can not be stopped soon, our kids and grand kids will still be fighting this battle for a long long time.

"As temperatures rise with global warming" As Global warming is a hoax, what does that make this rubbish?

Getting your "scientific evidence," there, bottom bug, from VOM-it radio, doesn't help stopping the anti-hunting crowd. Keep your lies to yourself so we can deal with this issue.

Hahahaha...global warming! Wow, the moonbats are gonna be endangered in 2010 and 2012...

The endangered species here is not the lynx, but logic. I hope the appeal fails. Those who are appealing the judge's decision are burning tax payers money to satisfy their own personal feelings, not protect the lynx. The issue that should be considered is not the current state of the lynx or other wildlife for that matter, but the structure and foundation of the endangered species act itself. There are certain species of animals, birds, fish, insects, and plants that require protection. However, applying these tools to the lynx is foolish because it is not a world effort to protect them, just a United States effort. That would be like saying lobsters in Maine coastal waters are endangered, while the Canadian lobstermen are filling their boats with them. We already have a similar issue occuring now with the ESA and it involves Atlantic Salmon in Maine rivers. Millions of dollars spent over the last 20 years with nothing to show for, just fat wallets for those who imposed the ESA. None of these tools or restrictions apply to salmon in Canadian rivers.

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The American Rat population in Maine has decreased by almost 90% in the past 30 years. They rats are in danger of becoming extinct in Maine, but you never hear PETA plea for protection for the American Rat. No, they aren't cute enough. Of course, it doesn't matter much anyway, because there has been a population explosion of the American Rat in Washington, DC. and in the Wall Street are of NYC. Is it Yin and Yang? No, no, that's the Chinese Rat. The ones that come in the millions of shipping containers from China. There are plenty of Lynx in this world and way too many rats.

While I agree that a lynx is a very beautiful wild cat. I'd love to see one, have a chance to photograph it in the wild. I probably will never even see one of their tracks because we're right on the edge of their range so there aren't many here. Oh, wait a minute, now I'm supposed to believe the reason I can't find one to photograph is because they're being trapped to extinction in Maine because PETA tells me so? This coming from an activist organization who would have loved to build a "Lobster Empathy Center" in Maine. Does PETA understand nothing about "CREDIBILITY"?

A lobster empathy center would be a great idea. I encourage PETA to come to Maine and set one up.

Can you imagine the boost to the lobster economy? Heck, there would be liberal left wing nuts from all over coming to the Lobster Capital of the World just to pay an exorbitant sum of money for ONE lobster's freedom. Think of the tourist dollar input. Think of the notoriety! What a golden opportunity!

Best part is, all those lobsters that get set loose can get caught again. Talk about recycling!! Heck, it's a win win for all!!

I heard that canadian lynx tastes like chicken!

Unless it's a quick kill trap, trapping sucks ... if the majority of Lynx that are caught in traps are "let go" how are they caught in the first place? By having a paw crushed in a spring and waiting for some trapper to let it go??? Sorry, I think that just plain SUCKS.

Tracey,

You think it sucks because of your lack of knowledge about trapping.

There paws are NoT crushed in the traps. They are held in the traps, not crushed. Dogs get caught in them while hunting, when released, no injury to the dogs.

People need to do their researche to come to an educated conclusion

Some people are against trapping no matter what, that is fine, that's there choice.

I bet there were humorists sitting up there in the guard towers at Auschwitz whiling away their watches by entertaining their fellow sadists with snickering accounts of the sufferings of others.

These were primitive people, of course, people from love-starved backgrounds with a stunted sense of compassion and an enlarged capacity for hatred.

I bet hooligan and Native1710 and frostheev would have enjoyed their humor.

PeterTaber wrote:

"I bet there were humorists sitting up there in the guard towers at Auschwitz whiling away their watches by entertaining their fellow sadists with snickering accounts of the sufferings of others. "

Oh c'mon on!! Pony up dude. Tell us the truth. When you were a little kid didn't you pull the wings off a fly and laugh when it tried to escape? Didn't you think it was HILARIOUS when that fly jumped a half inch in the air and tried to take off? And when you waid you widdle head on the piwwow that nite and mummy left the room after tucking you in you had NIGHTMARES didn't you? MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH You had a horrible dream about FLIES........THOUSANDS OF THEM.....and they all had their wings ripped off and they were coming after YOU.......and you were running but you couldn't get away. You tried to fly but you couldn't because SOMEONE HAD RIPPED YOU WINGS OFF!

Then you woke up....and mummy was there. She said it was ok that you could go back to sleep.

That Beautiful Cat

Looks Like

It just had A Bigot Suppy>.Yum Yum

What A Delicious Meal

Wow, what a tough manly guy you must be, funnyman.

And another issue is sidetracked by right wing whacko and anthropomormphizing politics. The ISSUE is traditional consumptive uses balanced by good wildlife population management. PETA, et al. (call DeJoy what he is) want all consumptive uses to stop, and this is a nice little crack in the foundation that people saying "liberal left wingers want lobster empathy centers", etc. are just helping to widen. Thanks a lot, there, mensa man.