After a Canada lynx was confirmed in Vermont last August for the first time in years

MONTPELIER — After a Canada lynx was confirmed in Vermont last August for the first time in years, biologists with the Fish and Wildlife Department have continued to receive verifiable photos and videos of what they believe is the same individual wild cat. Reports indicate that the lynx has moved about 60 miles north of where it was first sighted in Rutland County into Addison County, traveling around a dozen miles at a time and then staying in the same general area for several days before moving on. Biologists say juvenile lynx will often travel long distances searching for new territory, a behavior called “dispersal.” Brehan Furfey, furbearer biologist with Fish & Wildlife said the lynx’s movement is a “conservation success in its own right because Vermont’s network of protected lands is what makes this journey possible. We’re rooting for this lynx to keep heading north where it will find more young forest habitat and plenty of snowshoe hares to eat.” Biologists urge members of the public who encounter the lynx to give it space. Officials say the individual lynx being seen by Vermonters appears skinny but healthy and is not a threat to people.