A Canada lynx spotted in Addison County. Courtesy of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.The rare Canada lynx has been spotted again in Vermont. And again, and again.Biologists from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department said they’ve received multiple photos and videos of what they believe is the same cat spotted in southern Vermont earlier this summer. “We’ve had 15 confirmed lynx sightings since August and signs point to these all being the same dispersing juvenile male,” said Brehan Furfey, a wildlife biologist with the department, in a press release Friday.The lynx was first reported in August, spotted walking along a road in Rutland County. It marked the first reported sighting in the state in six years. The cat has now traveled about 60 miles north into Addison County, according to the department. “That’s a conservation success in its own right because Vermont’s network of protected lands is what makes this journey possible,” Furfey said. “Vermonters can be proud that decades of land protection and management for connected habitats have allowed this rare wild cat to make its way through our state.”Juvenile lynx will often travel long distances searching for new territory, a behavior known as “dispersal,” the press release explained.Canada lynx are considered endangered in Vermont and threatened — meaning likely to become endangered — in the United States, Furfey said. The department is urging anyone who sees a lynx to give the cat a respectful amount of space. The lynx currently being spotted by Vermonters appears skinny but healthy and is not a threat to people, according to the press release. The cat is likely stressed by being in unfamiliar habitat and needs to be allowed to continue on its way without disturbance, the release stated. “The rule of thumb is always to keep a respectful distance from any wildlife you’re observing. If they are changing their behavior in response to you, then you’re too close,” Furfey said in the release. She encouraged residents to learn how to distinguish lynx from the more common bobcat, and to send photos or videos of possible lynx sightings to the state Fish and Wildlife Department. “We’re rooting for this lynx to keep heading north where it will find more young forest habitat and plenty of snowshoe hares to eat,” Furfey said. Correction: Due to an editing error, an earlier version of this story misstated Brehan Furfey’s gender.Read the story on VTDigger here: Endangered Canada lynx sightings continue in western Vermont.