Yeti was acquired May 21, 2000 .  Yeti was donated to the centre by a fur farm, when he was 10 days old.  He was handraised and travels Ontario with our renowned outreach team teaching thousands of people about his illusive kind.  He is also the life companion of Rufus, our resident bobcat.

Lynx (Lynx canadensis)

Dining and Dwelling

The lynx is a carnivore that depends on it's sharp eyesight and acute hearing.  They often ambush their prey rather than chasing it.  Although their diet is made up of animals such as birds, hares, rabbits, foxes, and deer, their primary food source is the snowshoe hare.  They are known to hide their kill by covering it with a thin layer of snow or leaves.

They are often found in forests in dense vegetation.  This nocturnal hunter is known to vary it's range according to the availability of prey. 

Life and Death

The normally solitary male will search out a female in mid-March.  The female will give birth to a litter of up to 4 kittens, in a hollow tree or beneath dense undergrowth.  The kittens are born helpless and develop slowly, they are weaned at 2 months but remain with the mother until the following spring.

The lynx is at the top of the food chain and as a result has no animal predators.  Humans kill large numbers of lynx each year for the fur industry.

That's Amazing

• The lynx has the largest feet in proportion to it's body of any cat in the world.  When they are full grown their feet can be the same size as a full grown mountain lion (cougar).

• The name lynx is derived from Lyncaeus, the name of the sharp-eyed pilot on Jason's ship, the Argos.