Some very difficult questions with few simple answers By Marc Bekoff Guest Columnist In Colorado there's a move to re-introduce lynx within the next month to areas where they once roamed. This highly controversial project brings to light some concerns about re-introduction efforts and humans' role in trying to control nature.
Critics believe that it's hurried and ill-planned.
Colorado represents the southermost portion of the lynx's historical range. This reasoning simply buys into a system that supports animal exploitation. Just because animals might be killed in one way doesn't justify killing them in other ways. Furthermore, additional lynx likely will have to be trapped in Canada to meet the demand for pelts. Thus, in addition to the death of translocated lynx, others will die to replace them.