Creature Feature: Why Does a Linx Cross the Road?

Rare pictures of a Canadian lynx and her blue-eyed cub in Banff National Park come to PNG from Parks Canada via WildlifeExtra.com. The sequence demostrates just how flexible a cat can be and that highway fencing, while not perfect, is very effective in reducing vehicle collisions with large mamals. Fence and wildlife overpasses on the Trans-Canada highway installed since 1996 have reduced collisions by 80% for large mammals and 96% for elk and deer. Good news indeed for both humans and creatures! Alert drivers called Parks Canada dispatch line prompting an animal welfare officer to immediately go to the scene and keep the lynxes out of danger until they disappeared back into their forest home.