Canada lynx proposed for new habitat protections in U.S. southern Rockies

NEW YORK, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. wildlife officials finalized a recovery plan for imperiled populations of Canada lynx on Wednesday and proposed new habitat protections in the southern Rocky Mountains for the forest-dwelling wildcats threatened by climate change and human activities.

"The fate of the plan is uncertain under President-elect Donald Trump: officials during the Republican's first term sought unsuccessfully to strip lynx of protections that they've had since 2000 under the Endangered Species Act," said The Associated Press in its report about the development.