{"id":232109,"date":"2025-10-17T18:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/232109\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T18:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:42:07","slug":"3000-reward-offered-for-info-on-illegal-canada-lynx-killing-in-northern-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/232109\/","title":{"rendered":"$3,000 reward offered for info on illegal Canada lynx killing in northern Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"

PERHAM, Maine (WGME) — Maine authorities are offering a $3,000 reward for information about whoever illegally shot and killed a Canada lynx in Perham.<\/p>\n

The Maine Warden Service found a dead Canada lynx along Mouse Island Road in Perham in Aroostook County on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Wardens say the lynx did not die of natural causes. The animal was shot and killed approximately 24 hours before it was found.<\/p>\n

The Canada lynx is a federally protected species. It is a federal offense to harass, trap, hunt, or kill a lynx in the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe shooting of this animal was unnecessary, conducted without regard for its protected status, and left to waste,\u201d the Maine Warden Service said.<\/p>\n

Operation Game Thief is offering a $3,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information related to this incident is urged to contact Operation Game Thief at 1-800-ALERT-US or submit a tip online at maineogt.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tips can be made anonymously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PERHAM, Maine (WGME) — Maine authorities are offering a $3,000 reward for information about whoever illegally shot and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[129262,129258,36993,10482,129260,129261,47768,129259,79,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-232109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-aroostook-county","9":"tag-canada-lynx","10":"tag-illegal-killing","11":"tag-maine","12":"tag-maine-warden-service","13":"tag-operation-game-thief","14":"tag-protected-species","15":"tag-reward","16":"tag-science","17":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}