COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Yesterday Hearing number five on SB310 before the Senate Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources regarding exotic

A wildlife advocacy group is renewing legal threats against the state of Maine, claiming rules enacted last year to prevent accidental trapping of Canada lynx have failed to protect the threatened wildcats.

By Kevin Miller, Bangor Daily News, Maine Oct. 13--A national animal rights organization filed suit Thursday against the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife alleging that the state is failing to protect bald eagles and Canada lynx from being caught and killed by trappers.

By Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Sep. 21--Another animal protection group has sued the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, saying the state has done little or nothing to stop accidental trapping of federally protected animals.