Marathon of Hope For Habitat

You tuft-eared Lynx Once wild and free in home habitat You became a specimen of science Specimen BC-03-M-02 Captured near Kamloops Canada Caged and sent to Colorado To sire babies and enrich gene pools. But once released they couldn’t keep you! You yearned for home and family Felt an urge to trek homeward-bound You started a cross-border marathon A travel odyssey of 2000 kilometres! Leaping through sunsets and sunrises, Clawing to alpine views You snatched your padded paws From speeding Michelins. I think you were a marathon hero like Terry Fox Whose Marathon of Hope raised money To find a cure for cancer. Your run was a Marathon of Hope for Habitat To secure a home for wildlife, Safe from human desecration You both perished short of your dreams Struck down by cell suburbs Replicating to the loss of habitat and limb. -------------------------------------------- Breaking news, Bamff National Park, Tag identified, Rode kill BC-03-M-02