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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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    Category: born free

    2,401!

    I am celebrating the amazing news that Iberian lynxes in the wild now number 2,401. I love the precision; it shows just how much every single lynx…… Read more “2,401!”

    June 1, 2025 by Siobhan Mitchell

    2020 was a baby boomer year

    Portugal’s Alentejo is one of the most successful reintroduction sites for the Iberian lynx in the Iberian peninsular

    July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 by Siobhan Mitchell

    Rapid Response to Lynxes Drowned

    The heartbreaking news of the death of Malva and one of her cubs Oriana last month has led to rapid response to prevent such a tragedy from…… Read more “Rapid Response to Lynxes Drowned”

    September 8, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    20 cubs born free in Portugal!

    20 cubs born free this year, tripling the Portuguese population of the endangered Iberian lynx

    July 28, 2018July 28, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    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

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