In 1999 a female lynx was trapped and collared in Canada and released in Southwest Colorado to help re-introduce the species. The program has been very successful. By 2006, the number of Colorado lynx was right at 200 and the kittens of the relocated lynx were even successfully reproducing. That 13 year old female was taken (most likely by a poacher) last weekend in Summitt County. This particular lynx had roamed as far as Rocky Mountain National Park. The Department of Wildlife received a signal from the collar that indicated that the lynx was dead. When they arrived on the scene they were not able to find a carcas but did find plenty of evidence that the lynx was most likely dead. I really hope this was some kind of an accident. I hope that the lynx killed something sizeable and left a bloody mess and that the collar has simply malfunctioned. If I'm wrong I hope the poacher suffers horribly in some kind of accident.