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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Two wayward Canada lynx have been captured in Utah after being treed by dogs, Utah wildlife officials say.
The animals were caught Dec. 7 and Dec. 13. A female lynx was captured first in eastern Utah's Book Cliffs. A male was caught a week later in the Mineral Mountains west of Beaver.
The animals migrated to the state from Colorado, where a reintroduction program was started in 1999.
Lynx are listed as threatened on the Endangered Species List.
Utah wildlife officials moved quick to capture the animals because they feared they would be mistaken for bobcats, which are not federally protected.
Trapping season for bobcats opened in Utah Nov. 16.
Utah officials transported the lynx back to Colorado for release.
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