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The Iberian lynx lives in Portugal and Spain, and is the world's most endangered cat, follow this successful conservation story with this blog.

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    Author: Siobhan Mitchell

    Siobhan Mitchell, a freelance consultant with 25 years of campaigning experience. I am available for pro bono advice on small and start-up campaigns. Feel free to contact me!

    Life’s a bowl of Cherries

    The cherry farmers of Catalunya want Litio the wandering Iberian lynx back, the male lynx famous for his long-distance trek from eastern Portugal all the way to…… Read more “Life’s a bowl of Cherries”

    July 7, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    New hope for the Iberian Lynx

    This is Saliega when I last saw her in 2003. Saliega went on to great things, when she became the first Iberian lynx to give birth in…… Read more “New hope for the Iberian Lynx”

    June 30, 2018July 2, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    Third time lucky?

    Some great news for lynxes this week, starting with our travelling lynx from last week. Litio has been successfully recovered and returned to Portugal’s Vale do Guadiana…… Read more “Third time lucky?”

    June 23, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    The long distance lynxes

    How far would you travel to find love?
    Hundreds?
    Or thousands of kilometers?

    June 12, 2018June 12, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    12 lynx cubs born in the Alentejo

    At least 12 new lynx cubs have been born in the Guadiana Valley in Portugal. 3 females have been detected on the many camera traps in the…… Read more “12 lynx cubs born in the Alentejo”

    May 21, 2018May 22, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    Three years of the lives, loves and cubs of the Portuguese lynx

    In the remote south eastern edge of the Alentejo region of Portugal, the return of an apex predator – the Iberian lynx – is anxiously watched over…… Read more “Three years of the lives, loves and cubs of the Portuguese lynx”

    April 3, 2018July 2, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    3 more precious cubs born in Portugal

    Juncia has given birth to 3 cubs in the Portuguese breeding centre in Silves in the Algarve. The national conservation agency has released this video on youtube.…… Read more “3 more precious cubs born in Portugal”

    April 1, 2018April 1, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    AWESOME OAK

    The montados (known as dehesas in Spain) are extensive cork and holm oak forests and offer lynx habitat, lynx mothers will use old hollows of cork oak trees to…… Read more “AWESOME OAK”

    March 23, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    3 new cubs born in Silves

    Flora gave birth to three cubs at midnight on 19th March. There is a link to the birth here

    March 22, 2018March 22, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    The release of two Iberian lynxes in southern Portugal in photos

    https://youtu.be/MXhnzpNpIDE Photo journalist report on the very wet day when two more Iberian lynx were released in Serpa, southern Portugal. “Foto-reportagem da solta pública de lince em…… Read more “The release of two Iberian lynxes in southern Portugal in photos”

    March 17, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

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    The Cat that Came Back

    In 2000 I ran a media campaign to raise awareness of the almost extinct Iberian lynx. back then Europeans were more likely to have heard of faraway endangered tigers than our own endemic cat species.

    The Iberian lynx is now flourishing and reclaiming its historical habitat in Spain and Portugal, facing new threats of fast highways and mega dams that were built in its absence.

    Following in the footprints of the Iberian lynx

    Following in the footprints of the Iberian lynx

    2003

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pWGlk6s0pg
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