Newly captured and sedated Canada lynx

Photo By/Credit

Hupp, Lisa/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
03/23/2019
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
If a new lynx is captured in the trap, it is sedated for a few hours while biologists collect measurements and fit it with a GPS satellite collar. This lynx is fast asleep after receiving a sedative. Lynx Project At Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge.
Subject tags
Work of the Service
Wildlife viewing
Wildlife refuges
Wildlife management
Tracks and tracking
Monitoring
Mammals
Endangered and/or Threatened species
Biologists (USFWS)