The Canada lynx is big cousin to the more familiar bobcat. Unlike his more adaptable relative, the lynx can survive only in areas where his primary prey, the snowshoe hare, flourishes. Lynx populations rise and fall along with those of their prey. Because they live only in wild areas, lynxes are no threat to livestock, nor do they harm humans. The only reason that these beautiful and fascinating cats are killed is for their fur.
Lynx are heavily trapped and snared, although no one knows how many are left.
They are found only in small populations in some states that border Canada, and in wilderness areas of Canada and Alaska. These solitary carnivores need huge tracts of wilderness in order to survive. Wolverines are still trapped for their durable fur, and are also incidentally caught while trapping for other species. Wolverines are found in only remnant populations in the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, and Cascades, and in wilderness areas of Canada and Alaska. The most numerous of these forest carnivores, the marten is a tree-dwelling member of the weasel family, somewhat larger than a mink.